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Peter Werner

Peter Werner

Peter Werner (born January 17, 1947 in New York City, New York) is an American television and film director.

In 1977, Werner won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing the short film In the Region of Ice.[1]Since then he worked on primarily directing television amassing a number of television film credits namely Mama Flora's Family, Two Mothers for Zachary, Call Me Claus, Gracie's Choice, Mom at Sixteen and among other films.

His television series credits include Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Different World, The Wonder Years, Moonlighting and other series.

He is the older brother of television producer Tom Werner.

He is the father of Lillie, Katharine and James Werner.

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Movies Made By Peter Werner (46)

Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)

"Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton's inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony's mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite what many thought to ...

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Bond of Silence (2010)

A widow must pierce the veil of secrecy uniting a group of teens and their parents in order to find out how her husband died. Based on a true story. ...

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A Dog Named Christmas (2009)

A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program. ...

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Front of the Class (2008)

A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher. ...

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The Circuit (2008)

Al Shines, former king of the US race car track circuit, has a hard time starting his own team, once he's fired by his sponsor Robin Cates. Robin hired Al's immature daughter Kylie Shines instead. She resents Al's inevitable 'absence' as a widowed father, ...

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Girl, Positive (2007)

A popular high school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV positive. ...

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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)

A young woman tries to keep a positive attitude while battling breast cancer. ...

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Snow Wonder (2005)

A suspiciously magical Christmas Eve snowstorm blows some small miracles into the lives of people around the country. ...

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Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005)

A single blind date suffices for handsome gentleman Scott Peterson, a traveling salesman, to seduce Amber Frey all the way. When a colleague finds out about his marriage, she believes him to be a widower. Later however it becomes clear his wife was alive a ...

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Vinegar Hill (2005)

Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband's hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start. ...

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Mom at Sixteen (2005)

Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own. ...

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Gracie's Choice (2004)

For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie ...

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Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003)

The extraordinary true story of Candice DeLong, the FBIs first female profiler who rose above the bureau's sexism to take on the most terrifying and personal case of her career – a serial killer who targets mothers (infertile women who turn to adoption) ...

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The Pact (2002)

A pair of young lovers, one depressed, decide to end their lives together in a suicide pact. ...

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We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)

Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves. ...

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Call Me Claus (2001)

When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for. ...

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Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)

A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in. ...

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No Ordinary Baby (2001)

A reporter gets the scoop on the first ever human cloning, but the furor surrounding the event jeopardizes the baby's birth and the career of the responsible doctor. ...

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The '70s (2000)

Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter, Eileen, Byron and Christie find their paths are heading in different directions. Namely, toward the Black Panthers, the ...

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Hefner: Unauthorized (1999)

The unauthorized biography of Hugh Hefner and the birth of the Playboy empire. ...

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Tempting Fate (1998)

Ben Creed, a doctor still mourning the death of his love, meets a man who's created a machine that can transport anyone to a parallel world. For a chance to see his beloved Melody again, Ben risks everything and uses the machine. In this new—at once fami ...

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On the Edge of Innocence (1997)

Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life seems hard. Zoe eventually lands up in a psychiatric ward for treatment. There she meets Jake, an unstable teenager with an anger problem. They fall in love an ...

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Blue Rodeo (1996)

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who harbors ...

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Two Mothers for Zachary (1996)

A grandmother sues her daughter for custody of her grandson, because she believes that her daughter's homosexuality renders her unfit for motherhood. ...

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Inflammable (1995)

An ambitious young female lawyer meets a former lover while investigating a sexual harassment case aboard a US Navy support ship that turns into a murder case when the victim is discovered dead. ...

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The Unspoken Truth (1995)

Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne marries Clay, and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he's unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne bel ...

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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (1995)

The story of one of America's first female reporters. ...

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The Four Diamonds (1995)

Christopher Millard was 14 years old when he died of cancer in 1972. Shortly before losing his battle, Chris wrote a story about a great knight named Sir Millard who sought out the four diamonds of Courage, Wisdom, Honesty and Strength in order to be relea ...

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The Substitute Wife (1994)

In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm. ...

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Doorways (1993)

Cat, a fugitive from a parallel Earth ruled by aliens, lands on "our" Earth in the middle of a freeway, causing an accident. ...

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Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life (1992)

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death. ...

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The Good Policeman (1991)

Isaac Seidel is a highly unconventional New York police-commissioner. He is well-abled in dealing with trouble at the headquarter, the maffia and situations in the streets. His loyalty to his profession and the city he so loves make him do the utmost to so ...

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Death Merchants (1991)

A Mafia boss is killed which sets in motion a chain reaction of confusion, violence, power struggle and murder. ...

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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)

The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at ...

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The Image (1990)

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general. ...

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No Man's Land (1987)

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister. ...

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LBJ: The Early Years (1987)

LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his portrayal ...

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Sins of the Father (1985)

Fresh out of law school, Kevan Harris is hired by her dead father's ex-partner, Frank Murchison, and immediately 'falls into bed' with him. She then falls in love with his son, Gregory, who is fighting his father over his mother's will. Along the way, she ...

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I Married a Centerfold (1984)

Tenacious young engineer flips over the centerfold model he spots on television and embarks on a romantic adventure on a bet with his buddies. ...

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Hard Knox (1984)

A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raises morale so that they are able to win the "brass-axe" competition versus another local military aca ...

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Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)

During the Vietnam War, Brian Anderson, a young Army medic, is stationed in Saigon. Initially apathetic and self-serving, he eventually has his heart won over by the children at a nearby orphanage where he does volunteer work. At first, a doctor named Kath ...

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Barn Burning (1980)

Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn Burning. Snopes sets his employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son, Sarty, is ...

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Aunt Mary (1979)

The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years. ...

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Battered (1978)

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their husbands. ...

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In the Region of Ice (1976)

In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun ...

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Hidden and Seeking (1971)

Documentary about Frances H. Flaherty, responsible for still photography in her husband Robert J. Flaherty's films. ...

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Movies Starring Peter Werner (2)

Grave Matters (2004)

Fed up with the constant abuse she suffers at the hands of the men in her life, Christine (Kate Vernon) is driven to desperate measures and begins killing each of her tormentors, burying them all together in a shallow makeshift grave. But just as Christine ...

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Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)

During the Vietnam War, Brian Anderson, a young Army medic, is stationed in Saigon. Initially apathetic and self-serving, he eventually has his heart won over by the children at a nearby orphanage where he does volunteer work. At first, a doctor named Kath ...

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