[2] Peter Donebauer studied at Manchester University and the Royal College of Art, London.
[3][4][5] In 1975–76, Donebauer partnered with Richard Monkhouse to develop the Videokalos colour synthesizer.
It decoded the video signal into its red, green and blue components allowing for complex mixing and interlayering of colours and images.
[8] Donebauer created other commissioned works within The Creation Cycle, including 'Struggling', a part of his Arts Council award produced in 1974, and three works commissioned by the British Film Institute: 'Circling' and 'Teeming' in 1975, and 'Dawn Creation' in 1976.
[2] In 1981 he partnered with David Graham to found Diverse Production, producing political programming for the newly formed Channel 4.