Raised in Indiana, Peter Sattler studied film at the North Carolina School of the Arts where his thesis directing work, "Newton" was nominated for a student Academy Award. He has worked as an artist and screenwriter in Los Angeles for the past 10 years. His first feature film, Camp X-ray, which he wrote and directed, starred Kristen Stewart and Iranian actor Payman Maadi. It was featured at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Deauville American Film Festival, the Stockholm Film Festival, and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, among others.