Professor Peter F. Mahoney CBE
Producer • Senior Adviser • Vice President of Amicus Productions
Professor Peter F. Mahoney CBE is one of the British Horror Studio’s most respected senior producers and advisers, bringing to the organisation a lifetime of leadership, service, discipline, and practical judgement. His presence within the studio brings a rare combination of seriousness, perspective, humour, and hard-won real-world experience.
Within the British Horror Studio, Mahoney serves as a producer, senior adviser, and Vice President of Amicus Productions, helping guide the studio’s leadership with the calm authority of someone who has spent a lifetime working under pressure. His influence is felt not only in practical support, but in the values he brings to the organisation: integrity, resilience, discipline, ethical seriousness, and care for the people doing the work. For a young studio attempting to build something enduring, that experience is invaluable.
A lover of classic cinema, British horror, folk horror, mythology, and the imaginative traditions of the genre, Mahoney has become an elder statesman within the British Horror Studio: a figure whose advice helps draw the best from artists, producers, and emerging filmmakers. His role reflects the studio’s belief that cinema is not built by artists alone, but by communities of trust, experience, judgement, and shared conviction.
Within the British Horror Studio, Mahoney serves as a producer, senior adviser, and Vice President of Amicus Productions, helping guide the studio’s leadership with the calm authority of someone who has spent a lifetime working under pressure. His influence is felt not only in practical support, but in the values he brings to the organisation: integrity, resilience, discipline, ethical seriousness, and care for the people doing the work. For a young studio attempting to build something enduring, that experience is invaluable.
A lover of classic cinema, British horror, folk horror, mythology, and the imaginative traditions of the genre, Mahoney has become an elder statesman within the British Horror Studio: a figure whose advice helps draw the best from artists, producers, and emerging filmmakers. His role reflects the studio’s belief that cinema is not built by artists alone, but by communities of trust, experience, judgement, and shared conviction.
“A senior producer and elder statesman whose leadership, wisdom, and love of classic horror help steady the studio’s ambitions.”
Selected Roles
Amicus ProductionsVice President
British Horror StudioProducer / Senior Adviser
In the Grip of TerrorProducer
The Reign of Queen GinnarraProducer / Adviser
British Horror Studio Jury AwardsJury Chair