Peter Bratt 

Peter Bratt is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter whose first motion picture "Follow Me Home" won the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the 1996 San Francisco International Film Festival. The movie, which Bratt wrote, directed and co-produced, also earned him the Best Director award at the 1996 American Indian Film Festival and was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival that same year. It was also screened as part of the acclaimed Learning from Performers Series at Harvard University and has been shown at dozens of campuses, community venues and film festivals nationwide.

Bratt co-founded Chacras Filmworks with his brother, actor Benjamin Bratt, "Follow Me Home" is their first feature film. Last year, Chacras produced "Art of Survival," a short documentary on the Afro-Brazilian martial art "capoeira" and it's impact on the lives of San Francisco youth. 

Bratt grew up amongst the San Francisco Bay Area's Native American community. His mother Eldy Bratt, a native of Peru, has been involved in this community for more than 30 years and with her five children, took part in the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969. Bratt draws on these experiences for his works, exploring stereotypes, racism and the dysfunctional behavior that often plagues urban communities of color from an historical perspective. 

Bratt earned his B.A. in political science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was awarded the prestigeous Chancellor's Award. Bratt also attended New York University's graduate film program. 
In 2000, Bratt was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship to write his latest screenplay, which he and his brother hope to produce later this year.