Born in Montreal, Peter Adamakos is an animation producer and director. He formed Disada Productions in 1971 and moved the company to Ottawa in the late 1990s, producing new animation and live-action productions. Adamakos was also the pioneer of the animation program at Algonquin College. Adamakos was additionally the creator of 'Winnie Witch and the Giant Potato', a comic strip that was syndicated to many Canadian newspapers since the late 1970s.