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Peter Landesman is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 11 april 1963

Peter Landesman

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Nationality USA
Birth 11 april 1963 (61 years)

Peter Landesman est un réalisateur, scénariste, écrivain, journaliste et peintre américain.

Biography

Peter Landesman grandit et est élevé près de New York. Peter Landesman commence son parcours professionnel en tant que peintre et écrivain. En 1995, il publie son premier roman de fiction The Raven, qui remporte notamment le prix Sue Kaufman de la première œuvre de l'Académie américaine des arts et des lettres.

Il se fait davantage connaitre grâce l'article The Girls Next Door, qui fait la une du New York Times Magazine le 24 janvier 2004. Cet article traite du trafic d'êtres humains et d'esclaves sexuels la plupart du temps mineurs. Cela vaudra à l'auteur plusieurs prix et l'article sera plus tard adapté au cinéma dans Trade sorti en 2007.

Peter Landesman a travaillé pour d'autres journaux comme notamment The New Yorker ou Atlantic Monthly. Il a ainsi couvert des conflits au Rwanda, Kosovo et l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001.

Il se lance ensuite dans une carrière audiovisuelle. Il écrit et réalise Parkland, sorti en 2013. Adapté de l'ouvrage Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, le film revient sur les évènements qui se sont déroulés le jour de l'assassinat de John Fitzgerald Kennedy, et les jours suivants, notamment au Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Il scénarise ensuite Secret d'État (Kill the Messenger) réalisé par Michael Cuesta. Ce film est inspiré de l'histoire vraie de Gary Webb, un journaliste d'enquête américain, récipiendaire du prix Pulitzer, connu pour avoir dénoncé une implication de la CIA dans le trafic de drogue.

Il revient ensuite à la réalisation avec Seul contre tous (Concussion), prévu pour fin 2015. L'histoire s'inspire d'un article de presse traitant de cas de traumatismes crâniens dans la National Football League. Dans ce film produit notamment par Ridley Scott, Will Smith incarne le Dr. Bennet Omalu.

Usually with

Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
(2 films)
Gary Goetzman
Gary Goetzman
(2 films)
Darryl Cox
Darryl Cox
(2 films)
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
(2 films)
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Peter Landesman (6 films)

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Director

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
, 1h43
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Maika Monroe, Kate Walsh, Josh Lucas
Rating63% 3.196663.196663.196663.196663.19666
En 1973, l'agent du FBI Mark Felt va, anonymement sous le nom de Gorge profonde, aider les journalistes du Washington Post Carl Bernstein et Bob Woodward à révéler le scandale du Watergate.
Concussion
Concussion (2015)
, 2h2
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about suicide, American football films
Actors Will Smith, Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson
Rating70% 3.5497553.5497553.5497553.5497553.549755
A dramatic storytelling depiction of Dr. Bennet Omalu's race-against-time to publicize CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in American football players and games and the attempts by the NFL to deny the problem and to disparage Omalu.
Parkland
Parkland (2013)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Politic
Themes Assassinat, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Politique, Political films
Actors Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Jacki Weaver, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, James Badge Dale
Rating63% 3.197913.197913.197913.197913.19791
Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas’s chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most famous home movie in history; the FBI agents who were visited by Lee Harvey Oswald before the shooting; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK’s security team, witnesses to both the president’s death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s rise to power.

Scriptwriter

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
, 1h43
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Maika Monroe, Kate Walsh, Josh Lucas
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.196663.196663.196663.196663.19666
En 1973, l'agent du FBI Mark Felt va, anonymement sous le nom de Gorge profonde, aider les journalistes du Washington Post Carl Bernstein et Bob Woodward à révéler le scandale du Watergate.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

Directed by George C. Wolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Reg E. Cathey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Reed Birney
Roles Adaptation
Rating64% 3.200283.200283.200283.200283.20028
La vie d'Henrietta Lacks, une jeune femme afro-américaine morte d'un cancer fulgurant en 1951, et dont les cellules ont permis à la médecine de faire un bond en avant sans précédent.
Concussion
Concussion (2015)
, 2h2
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about suicide, American football films
Actors Will Smith, Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5497553.5497553.5497553.5497553.549755
A dramatic storytelling depiction of Dr. Bennet Omalu's race-against-time to publicize CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in American football players and games and the attempts by the NFL to deny the problem and to disparage Omalu.
Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger (2014)
, 1h52
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jeremy Lee Renner, Barry Pepper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Paz Vega
Rating68% 3.4475053.4475053.4475053.4475053.447505
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb, the film takes place in the mid-1990s. Webb uncovered the CIA's alleged role in importing crack cocaine into the U.S. to secretly fund the Nicaraguan contra rebels. Despite enormous pressure to stay away, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series called "Dark Alliance". He then experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA, during which he found himself defending his integrity, his family and his life.
Parkland
Parkland (2013)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Politic
Themes Assassinat, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Politique, Political films
Actors Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Jacki Weaver, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, James Badge Dale
Rating63% 3.197913.197913.197913.197913.19791
Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas’s chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most famous home movie in history; the FBI agents who were visited by Lee Harvey Oswald before the shooting; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK’s security team, witnesses to both the president’s death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s rise to power.
Trade
Trade (2007)
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kevin Kline, Paulina Gaitán, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Linda Emond, Zack Ward, Kate del Castillo
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.646443.646443.646443.646443.64644
In a poor family in Mexico City, Adriana (Paulina Gaitán) celebrates her 13th birthday, and is happy about the bicycle her 17-year-old brother Jorge (Cesar Ramos) gives her. Their mother suspects Jorge has got the money for the present in a dishonest way, and forbids Adriana to ride it. Indeed, Jorge lures a tourist into a quiet street pretending to bring him to a prostitute, and with two friends rob the man by threatening him with guns. After the tourist complies, the three carry out a mock execution, revealing that the guns are only water guns.

Producer

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
, 1h43
Directed by Peter Landesman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Maika Monroe, Kate Walsh, Josh Lucas
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.196663.196663.196663.196663.19666
En 1973, l'agent du FBI Mark Felt va, anonymement sous le nom de Gorge profonde, aider les journalistes du Washington Post Carl Bernstein et Bob Woodward à révéler le scandale du Watergate.
Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger (2014)
, 1h52
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jeremy Lee Renner, Barry Pepper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Paz Vega
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.4475053.4475053.4475053.4475053.447505
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb, the film takes place in the mid-1990s. Webb uncovered the CIA's alleged role in importing crack cocaine into the U.S. to secretly fund the Nicaraguan contra rebels. Despite enormous pressure to stay away, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series called "Dark Alliance". He then experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA, during which he found himself defending his integrity, his family and his life.