Person

Peter Newman

Production

Biography

Peter Ross Newman is an American film producer and educator. He attended Northwestern University and began his producing career in the 1980s. Newman has been married to casting director and filmmaker Antonia Dauphin since 1988, and is the father of actors Griffin Newman and James Newman. As of 2022, he is an associate professor at New York University, teaching courses at both the Tisch School of the Arts and the Stern School of Business; in 2008, he was named the first head of a dual MFA-MBA program, which the university describes as the first of its kind in the United States.

Known for

Filmography

2023The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and StiggsSelf – Interviewee (voice)
2019WilliamExecutive Producer
2011The Music Never StoppedProducer
2010SAS - The Search for WarriorsExecutive Producer
2010Angels in New YorkExecutive Producer
2008American VioletExecutive Producer
2007The Inner Life of Martin FrostExecutive Producer
2005The Squid and the WhaleMr. Greenberg
2005The Game of Their LivesProducer
2003Beautiful KidExecutive Producer
2002Washington HeightsExecutive Producer
2002Interstate 60Producer
2001Relative EvilExecutive Producer
2001The Center of the WorldProducer
2000When the Sky FallsExecutive Producer
1999The 24 Hour WomanProducer
1998Lulu on the BridgeProducer
1998Strike!Producer
1996Space TruckersProducer
1995Blue in the FaceProducer
1995SmokeProducer
1994The Secret of Roan InishExecutive Producer
1993Household SaintsProducer
1992ZebraheadCo-Executive Producer
1991DogfightProducer
1990Lord of the FliesExecutive Producer
1987End of the LineProducer
1987O.C. and StiggsProducer
1987Swimming to CambodiaExecutive Producer
1986On Valentine's DayExecutive Producer
19851918Executive Producer
1982Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy DeanProduction Executive
—RedemptionCo-Producer

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