Petter Ringbom grew up on the Swedish island of Gotland. After studying at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, he partnered in the creative agency Flat where he served as an art director for clients like MoMA, T-Mobile and Knoll. He has taught at Parsons School of Design and New York University and served on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. His film ‘May Fly’ premiered at Stockholm International Film Festival and screened at festivals around the world. Petter’s collaboration with Karl Haendel, ‘Questions for My Father’, has been shown at Harris Lieberman Gallery, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts and Wexner Center for the Arts. ‘Questions for My Father’ was selected for the Art Video program at Art Basel Miami in 2012. His first feature documentary ‘The Russian Winter’, a film about American musician John Forté, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and has screened at Moscow International Film Festival, IDFA and Gothenburg International Film Festival.
