Director of
D IS FOR DISTANCE
Christopher Petit is a so-called internationally renowned writer and filmmaker, once described by Le Monde as the Robespierre of English cinema. His feature films include RADIO ON, FLIGHT TO BERLIN AND CHINESE BOXES. His novels include Robinson and The Psalm Killer, reissued in 2016 as a Picador Modern Classic. His latest quartet of novels culminating with Come In and Shut the Door, published this year, is set in a crumbling Third Reich. He has collaborated extensively with the writer Iain Sinclair. Their films include ASYLUM, LONDON ORBITAL AND THE FALCONER. D IS FOR DISTANCE, co-directed with Emma Matthews, who has edited Petit’s work since the 1990s, is their first film together in fifteen years.
Films: THE FALCONER (WITH SINCLAIR, C4, 1997), ASYLUM (WITH SINCLAIR, C4, 2001), LONDON, ORBITAL (WITH SINCLAIR, C4, 2001), UNREQUITED LOVE (C4/ZDF/ARTE, 2006), CONTENT (C4/ZDF/ARTE, 2009), D IS FOR DISTANCE (WITH EMMA MATTHEWS, FINLAND/ZDF/ARTE, 2025)