Peter Hegedüs (born 21 August 1976) is a Hungarian/Australian writer, director and producer of both documentary and fiction films.

At twenty-one, he produced and directed his first major project, a TV documentary, which marked the beginning of a professional career in filmmaking.

A Fisherman’s Story (2003), is an early film produced through the company, and is a Hungarian-Australian co-production based around the ecological disaster in Hungary in 2000.

[2] In 2004, Hegedüs made his first short drama, Redemption (2004), which captures the nine most important minutes of a man's life in a single take.

The critically acclaimed film was screened at the annual conference of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty accompanying the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.

[citation needed] Hegedüs co-produced, directed and wrote My America (2011), a feature documentary exploring an outsiders perspective on the American dream.

[5] In 2012, Hegedüs wrote and directed the award-winning short film Welcome to the Lucky Country (2012), a dark comedy about the plight of asylum seekers in Australia.

[citation needed] In 2021, Hegedüs delved into new territory with an innovative short drama film, Sorella’s Story (2021), where he used 360° immersive technology to represent the Latvian Skede Massacre of 1941.

This documentary is titled In Their Name, and includes conversations between the filmmaker and 92-year-old Latvian Australian, Ethel Davies, who lost family members in the tragedy.

He is currently the Deputy Director for Research and Engagement, and he continually contributes to the prestigious film journal Metro Magazine.