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Peter Craig (born November 10, 1969)[1] is an American novelist and screenwriter.

Peter Craig
Craig in 2021
Born	(1969-11-10) November 10, 1969 (age 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist screenwriter
Spouse	Amy Scattergood ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2005)​ Jennifer DeFrancisco ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2017)​
Children	3
Parents	Sally Field Steven Craig
Relatives	Eli Craig (brother) Margaret Field (grandmother) Jock Mahoney (step-grandfather)

Early life

Craig grew up in Southern California and Oregon.^{[citation needed]} He is one of two children of Steve Craig and actress Sally Field, since divorced.[2] Craig's half-brother, John Craig, is a musician; while his full-brother, Eli Craig, is a film director. Peter Craig attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and studied under authors Tobias Wolff and Marilynne Robinson.[3]

Career

As a novelist, Craig has written The Martini Shot,[4] Hot Plastic,[5] and Blood Father.[6]

As a screenwriter, Craig has written the Warner Bros. picture The Town (based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan) with Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. He adapted the screenplays for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with Danny Strong. The films were directed by Francis Lawrence.

In 2016, Craig adapted his own novel, Blood Father, into a film of the same name directed by Jean-François Richet and released by Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2018, Craig adapted the novel Horse Soldiers, Doug Stanton's nonfiction account of the war in Afghanistan, into the film 12 Strong, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Craig co-wrote Bad Boys for Life, with Chris Bremner and Joe Carnahan, for which he also received "story by" credit. He also wrote the original screenplay for another sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, with Justin Marks, for which he also received a "story by" credit. The film is set for release on May 27, 2022. Both films were also produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

With Matt Reeves he co-wrote the screenplay for The Batman, released on March 4, 2022.[7] Craig also co-wrote the screenplay for The Mother with Andrea Berloff and Misha Green. Directed by Niki Caro, that film is scheduled for release on Netflix in late 2022.[8]

Craig has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[9] At the worldwide box office, he is among the 25 highest-grossing screenwriters of all time.[10]

Personal life

Craig has been married and divorced twice: first to Amy Scattergood, the Los Angeles Times food writer, and then to actress Jennifer DeFrancisco. He has two daughters with Scattergood, and a son with DeFrancisco.[2][11]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Notes
2010	The Town
2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
2016	Blood Father	Also producer
2018	12 Strong
2020	Bad Boys for Life
2021	The Unforgivable
2022	The Batman
	Top Gun: Maverick	Story writer
2023	The Mother

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role
1978	Hooper	Pete
1988	Satisfaction	Mig

Novels

• The Martini Shot (William Morrow, 1998)
• Hot Plastic (Hyperion, 2004); (Hachette Book Group USA, 2015)
• Blood Father (Hyperion, 2005); (Hachette Book Group USA, 2015)

References

External links

• Peter Craig at IMDb

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