Peter Spears

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.

Filmography

• Friends (1994)
• Quantum Leap (1989)
• Call Me by Your Name (2017)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
• Café Americain (1993)
• Something's Gotta Give (2003)
• Nomadland (2021)
• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
• The Opposite of Sex (1998)
• Careless (2007)
• Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
• Cries from the Heart (1994)
• Ernest and Bertram (2002)