peter tammer began working in the film industry when he was 19 years old, in 1962. he worked as a film editor for film companies such as eltham films, with tim burstall, and later for government organisations such as the commonwealth film unit. he started creating his own independent short films in 1964, such as "and he shall rise again" (1964, 15 mins) and "beethoven and all that jazz" (1964, 2 mins). through the 1960s, he connected with other melbourne independent filmmakers such as nigel buesst and tom cowan, and paul cox.