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Peter Werner(1947-2023)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Peter Werner
Peter Werner began his professional life as a teacher and documentary filmmaker; he has Master's degrees in both fields. After a year as a V.I.S.T.A. Volunteer in downtown Detroit, he co-founded a Quaker high school in Deerfield, MA. While teaching in Vermont, he met Frances Flaherty, widow of the great "father of documentaries" Robert. Frances became both his friend and mentor and allowed Peter to make a documentary portrait of her that aired on PBS. It was the first project produced by his younger brother, Tom, who went on to create The Cosby Show, Roseanne and many others under his company Carsey-Werner. Tom is currently co-owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club.

Peter's American Film Institute student film, which he wrote and directed based on the short story "In the Region of Ice" by Joyce Carol Oates, was shown at the New York Film Festival and earned Peter an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. Since then he has directed documentaries, pilots, including Nash Bridges, TV movies and a plethora of episodic television series. His credits include Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Different World, The Wonder Years, Moonlighting, and Graham Yost's series Boomtown and Justified. In the span of his career, Werner has been nominated for multiple Emmy and D.G.A. Awards. He won an ACE cable Award for his HBO film, The Image, starring Albert Finney. He is married with three children (Lillie, Katharine and James) and has been a board member of his son's schools as well as the American Film Institute. He has taught and lectured extensively and has practiced Buddhism for 30 years.
BornJanuary 17, 1947
DiedMarch 21, 2023(76)
BornJanuary 17, 1947
DiedMarch 21, 2023(76)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 7 nominations total

Known for

Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)
Moonlighting
7.6
TV Series
  • Director
In the Region of Ice (1976)
In the Region of Ice
6.8
Short
  • Director
  • 1976
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
LBJ: The Early Years
7.2
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1987
Jennifer Beals in Proof (2015)
Proof
6.9
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director



  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013–2019
  • Edwin Hodge, Juan Pablo Raba, Kyle Schmid, Jaylen Moore, Barry Sloane, Eric Ladin, and Olivia Munn in Six (2017)
    Six
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2017–2018
  • Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in Instinct (2018)
    Instinct
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
    Bull
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2016–2017
  • David Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)
    Grimm
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2012–2017
  • Judith Shekoni, Ray Winstone, and Ella Thomas in Ice (2016)
    Ice
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes in Blue Bloods (2010)
    Blue Bloods
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2012–2016
  • David Morse, Gillian Alexy, Ryan Hurst, and Kyle Gallner in Outsiders (2016)
    Outsiders
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Jennifer Carpenter and Jake McDorman in Limitless (2015)
    Limitless
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2015–2016
  • Debra Messing in The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
    The Mysteries of Laura
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Jennifer Beals in Proof (2015)
    Proof
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2015
  • UnREAL (2015)
    UnREAL
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Timothy Olyphant in Justified (2010)
    Justified
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2010–2015
  • The Lottery (2014)
    The Lottery
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Unforgettable (2011)
    Unforgettable
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2011–2014

Producer



  • Jennifer Beals in Proof (2015)
    Proof
    6.9
    TV Series
    • co-executive producer
    • 2015
  • Michelle Trachtenberg in The Circuit (2008)
    The Circuit
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2008
  • Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)
    Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2006
  • Mercedes Ruehl, Jane Krakowski, and Danielle Panabaker in Mom at Sixteen (2005)
    Mom at Sixteen
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2005
  • Mary-Louise Parker and Tom Skerritt in Vinegar Hill (2005)
    Vinegar Hill
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2005
  • Anne Heche, Diane Ladd, Kristen Bell, Jack Armstrong, Brian Akins, and David Gibson McLean in Gracie's Choice (2004)
    Gracie's Choice
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2004
  • Jean Smart and A Martinez in Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003)
    Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 2003
  • Megan Mullally and Juliet Stevenson in The Pact (2002)
    The Pact
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 2002
  • Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard, Mark Famiglietti, Tom Guiry, and Jacob Pitts in We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
    We Were the Mulvaneys
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 2002
  • Soul Mates
    2.3
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1997
  • Anne Le Guernec in Doorways (1993)
    Doorways
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 1993
  • Ving Rhames and Saul Rubinek in Men (1989)
    Men
    6.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1989

Actor



  • Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
    Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
    6.7
    • Dr. Werner (uncredited)
    • 1982

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 17, 1947
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 21, 2023
    • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA(heart complications from a torn aorta)
  • Spouses
      Kedren Werner? - March 21, 2023 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
    • Katharine Werner

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    Older brother of TV producer Tom Werner.

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