Peter Hedges
Age: 61 | From: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1962-07-06 22:44:43
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 18
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. Hedges grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa, and attended Valley High School, where he was involved in the theater department, including the improv group and the mime troupe, "The Bakers Dozen". He later went to the North Carolina School of the Arts. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career. In 2002, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy. In the same year, he wrote and directed Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, which he dedicated to his mother. In 2007, he co-wrote and directed Dan in Real Life. In 2009, he was signed to write and direct The Odd Life of Timothy Green, a film conceived by Ahmet Zappa, to be produced by Zappa and Scott Sanders. His latest novel, The Heights was published March 4, 2010 by Dutton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
(1993) Screenplay
About a Boy
(2002) Screenplay
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
(2012) Screenplay
Dan in Real Life
(2007) Screenplay
Ben Is Back
(2018) Writer
Pieces of April
(2003) Screenplay
A Map of the World
(1999) Screenplay
Good As New
(2020) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2016 | Bill Lunsford | |
| 1977 | Matt Redding | |
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Directing
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| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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Writing
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| 2020 | Writer | |
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2012 | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Screenplay | |
| 2003 | Screenplay | |
| 2002 | Screenplay | |
| 1999 | Screenplay | |
| 1993 | Screenplay | |
| Novel | ||
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2018 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |