The Provost News, Saturday, May 5, 2007

Provost News Coverage of World Premiere Film Event

The screening of the 90 minute original film by Bill Stewart was followed by a buffet of hors d'oeuvres and champagne set in front of a magnificent panorama of artifacts and archival material pertaining to Pete Friesen's life.

“Pete: Moving Manmade Mountains” is a motion picture celebration of Pete's life and achievements.

While relocating approximately 5,000 buildings in his lifelong career, he has helped preserve some of America's most treasured historic structures, including Cape Hatteras Lighthouse for which Pete and his team received the OPAL award. Pete has four entries in the Guinness Book of World Records, including one for the 1997 move of the beautiful Gem Theatre. (more)

Edmonton Journal, March 30, 2007

EDMONTON - In the prairie burg of Provost, near the Saskatchewan boundary, the locals are getting ready to welcome home one of their pioneer sons, Pete Friesen.

A mover, not a shaker, Friesen, now retired in northern Washington state, is the man behind moving some of America's most treasured landmarks, from lighthouses to theatres to airport terminals.

Called a genius by some and once awarded the Oscar of engineering by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Friesen, 84, will be back in town for the May 5 Canadian premiere of a film about his life, Pete: Moving Manmade Mountains. (more)         Website

PE : The Magazine for Professional Engineers March, 2007

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Since the 1970s, Pete Friesen has been the go-to guy whenever someone has wanted
to pick up and move a lighthouse, an air terminal, a hotel, a theater, or some other multimillion-pound structure that wasn’t designed to be picked up and moved in the first place.
His story is of a Ukraine-born Mennonite who moved to Canada as a boy, never made it past the 8th grade, but became the expert whom engineers sought out for advice on the most complicated projects...

On March 19 and 20, Friesen’s story will be told in a screening of the documentary Pete: Moving Manmade Mountains. Fittingly, the documentary will be shown at Detroit’s 2,700-ton Gem Theatre, which Friesen helped move five blocks in 1997 despite the fact that Ford Motor Company engineers said it couldn’t be done. (more)

The Provost News, March 29, 2006

Writer, Cameraman in town Finishing Story - Despite beatings, boy developed character here, went on to win prestigious awards, set records - A man who in now in his 80's but grew up on a farm south east of Provost overcame an unusual childhood, bullying and a Grade 8 education to become a world renowned name in the building industry.

The man with a fascinating history is Pete Friesen who after coming from Russia lived here from age 1 to age 12. His story of growing up in the Rosenheim district is being told by North Vancouver writer, producer and director Bill Stewart who was in town recently with Denis Abramsen of Tripod Film and Video Productions (more)

The Daily Courier, August 5, 2005

Tween shines in documentary, Local 12 year old lands role in TV show airing on PBS. When he's not a cleric in a Dungeons and Dragons game, Dominik Klouhy plays the role of celebrated inventor, Pete Friesen.

Te Vernon School of Speech and Drama student is spending much of his time these days preparing for the role of a young Pete Friesen with acting coach Tony Stamboulieh, who is director of the Vernon Schoool of Speech and Drama.

A title for the series being produced by RYBW Productions from Vancouver is still undecided. (more)

The Kamloops Daily News, August 10, 2005

The Ultimate Mover, Film on Building Mover Starts Shooting. No matter how tough things are, all you need to do is think the problem through and visualize a positive outcome.

That's a message Pete Friesen, the world's foremost structural mover, thinks all children need to hear.

"I had a hard time as a kid, have had ups and downs all my life, but I ended up the top dog of my industry," the 83-year-old four-time Guiness Book of World Records holder said Tuesday.

Friesen is in Kamloops shooting a documentary about his life for producer Bill Stewart. The film, Pete - The Life and Times of Peter D. Friesen...(more)

North American Gold Mining News, Nov.23, 1984

“The crew waits for just the right moment as their cameras capture on film the yellow sun in perfect alignment with the pouring of molten gold. It was a dramatic and symbolic shot, reflective of the creative vision of producers Bill and Joanne Stewart”