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Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.

Peter Hedges
Born	Peter Simpson Hedges (1962-07-06) July 6, 1962 (age 59) West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist playwright screenwriter film director film producer
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Period	1984–present
Notable works	What's Eating Gilbert Grape (novel, 1991) Dan in Real Life (film, 2007)
Spouse	Susan Bruce Titman ​ (m. 1993)​ [1]
Children	2, including Lucas Hedges
Website
peterhedgeswriter.com/ph/

Early life

Hedges was born in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was raised, the son of Carole (Simpson), a psychotherapist, and the Rev. Robert Boyden Hedges, an Episcopal priest.[1][2] His mother left when he was young so he was raised by his single father. He attended Valley High School, where he was involved in the theater department, including the improvisational group and the mime troupe, The Bakers Dozen. He later went to the North Carolina School of the Arts where he studied drama.

Career

Hedges' novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, for which he wrote the screenplay, launching 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.

He wrote and directed The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), a film conceived by Ahmet Zappa, produced by Zappa and Scott Sanders, and released by Walt Disney Pictures.[3] In 2018, he wrote and directed the drama Ben Is Back, about drug addiction, starring his son Lucas Hedges, and Julia Roberts.

His latest novel The Heights was published March 4, 2010 by Dutton.

Personal life

His wife is Susan Bruce (Titman), a poet. They have two boys, Simon, who works in private equity [4] in New York, and Academy Award-nominated actor Lucas Hedges.

Filmography

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) (writer)
• A Map of the World (1999) (writer)
• About a Boy (2002) (writer)
• Pieces of April (2003) (writer and director)
• Dan in Real Life (2007) (co-writer and director)
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) (co-writer and director)
• Ben Is Back (2018) (writer, director and producer)

Plays

• Oregon (1984)
• Champions of the Average Joe (1985)
• The Age of Pie (1986)
• Andy and Claire (1986)
• Teddy by the Sea (1986)
• Imagining Brad (1988)
• Baby Anger (1993)
• Good as New (1995)

Novels

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1991)
• An Ocean in Iowa (1998)
• The Heights (2010)

References

External links

• Peter Hedges at IMDb

На других языках

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[ru] Хеджес, Питер

Пи́тер Си́мпсон Хе́джес (англ. Peter Simpson Hedges, род. 6 июля 1962) — американский писатель, драматург, сценарист и режиссёр. Номинант на премию «Оскар».

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