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Peter Bach was one of the first people filming alone with the Mujahideen in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan where he befriended Abdul Haq - He moved to New York and wrote Off-Broadway play 'The Invasion of Aratooga' which was put on at the CSC Theatre. He directed and co-produced PBS documentary 'Bottom Line: The Kostabi Phenomenon' about the artist Mark Kostabi - which was shown worldwide including on the BBC. He has written features for the Guardian, Scotsman, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, and has traveled extensively, including to the Middle East where he did research for CBS News, amassing a variety of skills on subsequent travels in both fragile states and all media. He was in Frankfurt during assassination of Deutsche Bank chief Alfred Herrhausen -. During the Balkan War, he was in Croatia and wrote for the Guardian while scouting for ABC News. He toured West Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire, and later became a digital effects and post production expert in feature films, working as consultant to Danny Boyle on '28 Days Later' and 'Millions', and Michael Winterbottom on '24 Hour Party People', 'Code 46', and 'Cock and Bull Story'. He was a Royal Television Society judge and official panel spokesman for the UK film industry in Los Angeles. He recently made two one-man films over four trips in Afghanistan, including Helmand, and another two in Pakistan, including Kashmir. His film 'Flanagan's Wake' about the life of the artist Barry Flanagan screened at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2012, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2012, Santa Rosa International Film Festival 2012, and Luxembourg's British and Irish Film Season 2012. The BBC version - 'The Man Who Sculpted Hares - Barry Flanagan, A Life' screened on BBC Four.