Brian Peterson

Brian Peterson

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1970-09-27 (53 years old)

Check on Amazon

Biography

Brian Wayne Peterson (born c. 1971/1972) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and showrunner. After finding success writing the script for 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader, he and his writing partner Kelly Souders wrote and produced the television series Smallville, Beauty and the Beast, Salem, Genius, and The Hot Zone. Peterson received a Master of Fine Arts in writing for screen and television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1997. It was here that he met Souders, where the two decided to form their writing partnership.

Shortly after his graduation, Jamie Babbit, the director for But I'm a Cheerleader, asked Peterson to write a script for her film after reading a story he had written about a gay cowboy. Peterson used his experience for the story, which is about a group of teenagers who attend conversion therapy camp. He is gay himself and had experience with conversion therapy while working at a prison clinic for sex offenders. In 1999, Variety named him one of 10 Screenwriters to Watch.Peterson and Souders renewed their deal with Fox 21 Television Studios in August 2018. Their next project, The Hot Zone, tells the true story of the Reston virus in the US in 1989. It will be released on National Geographic on Memorial Day 2019.In 2012 Peterson and Souders were nominated for an Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) Television Award for Best Writing of a Motion Picture of Miniseries for Political Animals (2012).

Advertisement

Ratings

Average 7.07
Based on 315 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
2000
2001
2012
2013
2019
Advertisement

Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1970-09-27 (53 years old)

Birth Place
United States of America, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Brian Wayne Peterson


This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Image credit: Natasha Baucas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Advertisement
Kelly Souders
Brian Peterson
Kelly Souders worked together with Brian Peterson in:
4 TV Shows
  • Brian Peterson
    Brian Peterson
  • Filmography
  • Information
  • Related Persons
Social Media
X
Facebook
Pinterest
Telegram
Download
iOS Application
Made in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Copyright © MovieFit 2018 – 2024
All external content remains the property of its respective owner.