Directing
Community Rating
6.9
TMDB estimate
Born
July 6, 1962 (age 63)
Born in
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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.

Good As New
as Director, Writer
TBA
The 99'ers
as Screenplay
TBA

The Same Storm
as Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
2022

Ben Is Back
as Director, Writer, Producer
2018

Little Sister
as Bill Lunsford
2016

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Director, Screenplay
2012

Dan in Real Life
as Screenplay, Director
2007

Pieces of April
as Director, Writer
2003

About a Boy
as Screenplay
2002

A Map of the World
as Screenplay
1999

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Novel, Screenplay
1993

Sammy
as Matt Redding
1977