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- The son of a career military officer, Michael Peterson moved with family several times during his childhood. To pass the time while traveling, he became an avid reader. He became a fervent fan of Ernest Hemingway and wanted to be a celebrated novelist in the same vein. He graduated from Duke University in 1965 and got a analyst job a government think tank. His research led him to strongly favor the Vietnam War and shortly after wards, he enlisted in the Marines. He saw combat in Vietnam and won a purple heart. Upon returning to the United States, he became a government consultant and married his first wife, a school teacher. They had two children. He lived overseas for much of their marriage. While they lived in Germany, he became close with a friend of his wife's, a widowed neighbor named Elizabeth Ratliff. But in 1985, Ratliff died of a fall down the stairs in what was ruled an accident. Peterson ultimately became the guardian of Ratliff's two children. in 1983, During this time, he wrote a novel, "The Immortal Dragon", which became a best-seller. His second novel, "A Time of War: A Bitter Peace", also scored success. Peterson won considerable wealth from those successes.During the late 1980's, the mixed family moved to North Carolina. In addition to his work as an author, Peterson became a columnist for a local newspaper, writing an opinion column. However, his next novels were less successful and his marriage failed. In 1997, he fell in love with a longtime neighbor, Kathleen Hunt Atwater, who was also divorced and a successful executive at Nortel. Their marriage at first seemed idyllic. Both were active in community affairs, and in 1999 Michael Peterson ran for Mayor of Durham. His campaign started off well, but his credibility was undermined when it was revealed that his purple heart medal was the result of an automobile accident in Japan, not in combat as he had claimed. He lost badly. Their financial situation deteriorated in 2000 as Peterson's writing career declined. Michael Peterson began to stray and spend time on adult web sites. Things got worse when Kathleen was slated to be laid off from her well-paying job. Then, on December 9, 2001, she was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their home by Michael. He claimed that she had fallen accidentally and he discovered her too late to save her. But police were suspicious of the great amount of blood at the scene. Subsequently, they discovered Michael Peterson had a very large life insurance policy, enough to solve his financial debts. They also learned that Kathleen had stumbled upon her husband's computer files with their proof of his infidelity. And a tip from a relative pointed out that Kathleen Peterson's death greatly resembled the death of Elizabeth Ratliff 16 years earlier. Armed with this evidence, prosecutors charged him with murder. The ensuing trial created headlines throughout the region. After a few days of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and he was sentenced to a term of life in prison. He maintains his innocence to this day.
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August Michael Peterson was born on 16 September 2019 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Really Loud House (2022) and A Really Haunted Loud House (2023).- Director
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Michael is an award-winning filmmaker from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He's written, directed and produced short films, music videos, commercials, documentary and feature films. He graduated the Canadian Film Centre's Directors Lab in 2013. His films have appeared across the world in over 75 film festivals. He did his undergrad at York University (Communications Studies and Humanities) and his M.Arts, focusing on documentary films, at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He started out as a writer and making documentary film and moved into making scripted shortly after.- Michael Peterson is known for Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) and All Ages Show (2022).
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- Michael 'Mikey' Peterson was born on 20 August 1982 in Provo, Utah, USA. He is an actor, known for The Paper Brigade (1996) and Lorenzo's Songbook Volume 2: The Spyglass (1991). He has been married to Karie Lasson since 26 January 2005.
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- Michael Peterson was born on 24 September 1952 in Queensland, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Powers of Matthew Star (1982), Morning of the Earth (1972) and In Search of Tubular Swells (1976). He died on 29 March 2012 in Queensland, Australia.
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For twenty years, Michael Davis Peterson has pursued a unique and winding path in the film industry. Early in his career, at age 20, he achieved a dream position in the Hollywood film industry as a special makeup effects artist. At age 29 he opened his own Makeup design studio, Image Alchemy Productions which became the largest Special Makeup effects studio in Arizona. After 6 years Michael decided to change focus to Producing, Directing, and Writing film and video content. Over the last 5 years Michael has dedicated himself to the art of filmmaking with a youthful enthusiasm. Since changing career trajectory, Michael has sold screenplays, produced countless video content for web, and TV , and a hand full of short films. He is attending MSU film school and is working towards his masters in filmmaking. In 2017 he won the prestigious Presidential Emerging Scholar grant for film making and in 2018 spent four weeks in Morocco shooting a documentary on an indigenous community in the High Atlas mountains. Michael works closely with clients and filmmakers on projects that became successful at telling impactful stories with integrity and insight. For Michael, each project is special and unique. On every project, relationships are formed, content is created and distributed. On every project Michael's intention is to tell a truthful stories that escorts him as he builds his own path, brick by brick.- Visual Effects
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Michael Peterson is known for Independence Day (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Armageddon (1998).- Camera and Electrical Department
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ON IMDb Michael John Peterson = Michael Peterson (XLII)
Michael John Peterson has bachelor & master's degrees from Indiana University, with a bachelor's from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (1981 & 1988). His studies at Indiana University included intensive voice instructions with distinguished professor of voice Margaret Harshaw (MET opera 1942 - 1964) and Marcia Baldwin.
Within his studies, Peterson's curriculum included vocal literature in English, French, German, Italian and Latin, orchestration and arranging, vocal technique, and vocal pedagogy of the Garcia Method under Margaret Harshaw, whose direct line of teachers extended back to Manuel Garcia (tenor), founder of the Garcia technique. Peterson has operated the Peterson Studio of Voice (1988-present) in Frankfort, Indiana, scouting & coaching for the Talent Fusion Agency - Indianapolis (2009-present)
In addition to coaching singers, Peterson is a past Indiana Foreign Language Teacher of the Year - Secondary Schools (Japanese) learning German to some degree in the military stationed in Germany 1971-1974, and then learned Japanese in Japan as a missionary for two years (1975-1977). After completing his teaching degree in Choral Vocal music at IU, he became a choir director/coach in Bloomfield, Indiana - the location of Shawnee Summer Stock Theater, completing his master's from IU professionalizing his music degree and adding secondary education for a license to teach. He became TSC District Chairman of World Languages (2 high schools/6 middle schools, simultaneously serving on the Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese, became a board member of the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (5 years) with his last two years a president of that organization, which remaining active in his vocal music pursuits as Zone 3B Chair for Indiana All State Choirs concurrently, starting his professional stage work at Shawnee Summer Stock, Red Barn Theater. His first stage musical direction assignment was as a replacement director at Shawnee Summer Stock Theater, Bloomfield, Indiana after founding director and University of Chicago Professor, H. Adrian (Reb) Rehner fell ill. Peterson continued at Shawnee as a director, music director and actor for 8 full seasons.
His credits include Emile de Becque (South Pacific) while contracted to be the music director at Jackson Hole Playhouse, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
He as his wife Susan, a dance instructor for more than 45 years with her own studio, have judged for Jr. Miss pageants, talent shows, county fairs, 4H events and other programs.
Still active in Indiana, his state of residence, Peterson remains active in film, staging, casting, directing, scouting, recording and performing as scheduled. In 2018 Michael premiered the role of Mr. Prince at the Delphi Opera House in the summer with a score and libretto by Paul Geraci (professor of music - trumpet, orchestration and arranging), at St. Joseph College. Peterson sang with the Indianapolis Opera from 1997 through 2003.
Peterson coaches singers in all vocal styles. Current and former students have interned with the Berlin Summer Opéra program, Germany (2017), Belmont in Nashville (2018). One has attended the American Musical and Dramatic Arts (LA Campus), graduated from Ball State Theater and Telecommunications Programs (2019), auditioned for music programs at DePauw University, Indiana, and recent students have plans to attend Vanderbilt (2020) or continue masters studies at the University of Tennessee in voice studying with another Margaret Harshaw student who is on the faculty (2020)
Michael was an extra in the feature film "Walter" seen as a grandfather wearing blue walking with his grandson 6 minutes into the film, played a lead role of French director PJ Roberts in an independent Taylor University festival film about an Asperger's syndrome actress who finds release in being on stage, the character "Vincent" in a 48 hour film festival entry from Indianapolis about a murderous alien android who steals memories a part of his alien assignment and most recently a 2019 film titled "Singh" as sympathetic airport Officer Lou. It is currently on the schedule to be seen in the Toronto Film Festival in May 2019. Other links on IMDb are located at Michael Peterson (XVII) & and Michael Peterson (XLII)- Michael Peterson is known for Netherbeast Incorporated (2007).
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Michael Jamal Peterson is known for Horny (2024), Odds & Ends (2020) and The Badly Animated Adventures of Spider-Man (2013).- Michael Peterson is known for Graybeard.
- Michael Peterson is known for Elijah (2007).
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Michael Peterson is known for Isola del Giglio (2014).- Animation Department
Michael Peterson is known for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013).