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Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Peter Hedges was born on 6 July 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and director, known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ben Is Back (2018) and Pieces of April (2003).
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Dec 5, 2018 · A day after the film screened at the Chicago International Film Festival, Hedges spoke with RogerEbert.com about collaborating with his son, his approach to writing dialogue and his love of fierce maternal figures.
Sep 3, 2021 · Peter Hedges managed to create a new film during the pandemic that turned out to be so much more than he could have imagined.
Peter Hedges is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career. In 2002 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy.
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Dec 3, 2018 · 'Ben Is Back,' about a drug addicted young man who reaches out for his mother's help, has roots in the most personal of stories, says writer-director Peter Hedges.
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Dec 17, 2018 · When Julia Roberts accepted the role of Holly in Ben Is Back she had one request for director Peter Hedges —that he cast his own son, Lucas, to play her beleaguered son in this poignant...