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Peter Hedges

Screenwriter / Film Director / Novelist / Writer | * 07/06/1962 (61) | Des Moines, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form ...

Pieces of April

PG-13

2003 | 3.2/5 | 1h 21min
Comedy, Drama
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Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when ...

Dan in Real Life

PG-13

2007 | 3.3/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
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19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbule ...

Ben Is Back

R

2018 | 3.3/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger br ...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

PG-13

1993 | 3.8/5 | 1h 58min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Peter Hedges

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Peter Hedges as Actor(2)

as Bill Lunsford2016 Little Sister
as Matt Redding1977 Sammy

Movies with Peter Hedges as Crew(15)

Directing/Director2022 The Same Storm
Writing/Writer2022 The Same Storm
Directing/Director2018 Ben Is Back
Production/Producer2018 Ben Is Back
Writing/Writer2018 Ben Is Back
Directing/Director2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Writing/Screenplay2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Directing/Director2007 Dan in Real Life
Writing/Screenplay2007 Dan in Real Life
Directing/Director2003 Pieces of April
Writing/Screenplay2003 Pieces of April
Writing/Screenplay2002 About a Boy
Writing/Screenplay1999 A Map of the World
Writing/Screenplay1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Writing/Novel1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Full Name: Peter Hedges
Born: Friday, 07/06 1962 (July) in Des Moines, Iowa (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 61 years + 296 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Valley High School
Children: Lucas Hedges
Peter Hedges frequently works together with these people:
Dianne Dreyer (7x, Crew)
Zach Clark (5x, Crew)
Alison Pill (3x, Actress)
Tim Guinee (3x, Actor)
Nick Hornby (3x, Crew)
Daryl Pittman (3x, Crew)
David Urrutia (3x, Crew)
Filipe Messeder (3x, Crew)
Gabrielle Mahon (3x, Crew)
Lucas Hedges (2x, Actor)
Rick Sordelet (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:157670, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024