Person
Peter Spears
Production · Born 1965-11-29 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Biography
Peter Spears (born November 29, 1965) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Spears is best known for winning an Oscar for producing Nomadland (2020), and for producing film Call Me by Your Name (2017). He directed the underground cult-favorite short film Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers, and developed the television series Nightmare Cafe and John from Cincinnati.
Known for
Friends
Joel
CSI: Miami
Josh Dalton
Quantum Leap
Doug Bridges / Reiser
Matlock
Barry Feldman
The Oscars
Self
Call Me by Your Name
Isaac
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Robert Benchley
Cafe Americain
Mark Durgin
Bones and All
Producer
Something's Gotta Give
Danny Benjamin
Filmography
- 2025On Swift HorsesProducer
- 2024QueerExecutive Producer
- 2024DriftProducer
- 2022Bones and AllProducer
- 2021NomadlandPeter
- 2020SubletDavid
- 2017Call Me by Your NameIsaac
- 2014Until We CouldProducer
- 2007John from CincinnatiCo-Executive Producer
- 2007CarelessDirector
- 2003Something's Gotta GiveDanny Benjamin
- 2002CSI: MiamiJosh Dalton
- 2002Ernest and BertramDirector
- 2001Some of My Best FriendsTerry
- 1998The Opposite of SexDr. Allen
- 1997The Love BugYoung Dr. Stumpfel
- 1995Father of the Bride Part IIDr. Wagner
- 1994Cries from the HeartJeff
- 1994FriendsJoel
- 1993Cafe AmericainMark Durgin
- 1992Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz StoryPeter
- 1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesRobert Benchley
- 1989Quantum LeapDoug Bridges / Reiser
- 1986MatlockBarry Feldman
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Mike Nichols: A LifeProducer
- —Leading MenProducer
- —The Fredy Hirsch StoryProducer
- —On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousProducer
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