Peter W. Kunhardt is an American documentary film-maker who produces shows for HBO, PBS, and other U.S. television networks.
Since becoming "Kunhardt Films", Kunhardt has produced Jim: The James Foley Story (HBO), Living With Lincoln (HBO), Nixon By Nixon: In His Own Words for (HBO), Makers: Women Who Make America Seasons 1 & 2 for AOL and PBS, The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross, the HBO documentary Gloria: In Her Own Words, PBS's 10 part series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr Seasons 1 & 2, the HBO documentary "Teddy: In His Own Words", PBS's "African American Lives I & II", and PBS's "Faces of America".
He is the winner of four national television Emmy Awards, one of which was for "JFK: In His Own Words" (1988).
In 2003 he served as an executive producer for In Memoriam, a one-hour co-production with HBO and Brad Grey Television recounting how Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his staff coped with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
He is the grandson of children's book author Dorothy Kunhardt, best known for her 1940 creation Pat the Bunny.