PETER L. STEIN
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Photo: Audrey Whitmeyer-Weathers/San Francisco Chronicle
Interviewer / Moderator

Drawing on my background as both a producer and an actor, I have  developed a strong reputation for creating memorable interview and discussion experiences for live and broadcast audiences. Whether working  on-camera or onstage, I have found there are a few hallmarks of an effective interview: I try to be sensitive to the distinct personalities of my accomplished interviewees and panelists...bring out their unique insights with humor and (I hope) intelligence...occupy only as much space in the interview as will help the subject shine...and always enhance the audience's experience of being present in an irreproducible live moment.

In addition to the interviewees and clients below, I am a regular moderator for San Francisco's The Cinema Club, and have a special affinity for conversations on arts, literature and film.

Onstage and television interviewees include: :
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Stephen Sondheim
  • Lily Tomlin
  • Fran Lebowitz
  • Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Tony Kushner
  • Norman Lear
  • Armistead Maupin
  • Carlos Santana
  • Miranda July
  • Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Dror Moreh
  • Rupert Everett
  • Zach Braff
  • Sayed Kashua
  • Howard Jacobson
  • Jacques Pépin
  • Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Christine Vachon
  • Patti LuPone
  • Cleve Jones
  • John C. Reilly
  • Terrence McNally
      ...and many others
Clients include:
  • KQED-TV and KQED-FM (San Francisco)
  • PBS
  • Link TV
  • City Arts & Lectures (San Francisco)
  • Cal Performances  (Berkeley)
  • Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe)
  • Stanford Humanities Center
  • Jewish Community Center San Francisco/Arts & Ideas
  • Cuyahoga County Library (Cleveland)
  • International Film Festival Summit (Berlin)
  • JCC Manhattan
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  • Posen Foundation (New York)
  • SFFILM
  • Goethe-Institut (Berlin & Beyond Festival)
  • The Cinema Club


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