Clark Peterson

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This article is about the producer and executive. For the game designer and judge, see Clark A. Peterson.

Clark Peterson (born February 7, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer and entertainment executive.

Biography

Producer of the Academy Award-winning Monster starring Charlize Theron, Clark Peterson has produced and executive produced a wide variety of award-winning films, documentaries, and television movies.

Most recently, Peterson produced 2015's critically acclaimed and Annie award-nominated Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet featuring the voices of Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek-Pinault and directed by Roger Allers. Other projects include Rampart, starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Oren Moverman, from a screenplay by Moverman and James Ellroy, Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot with Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, and Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, and Aaron Paul. Earlier projects include My Date with Drew, Dim Sum Funeral, and East of Havana, a documentary about the Cuban hip-hop scene.

A graduate of Stanford University, Peterson began his career working in development and production for producer Roger Corman before later joining Walt Disney Studios as an executive. Peterson continues to develop and produce as a Partner and Managing Director of Remstar Studios, a production company and fund based in Los Angeles and Montreal. The fund has raised over $20 million in equity for film investments.[1] He is currently producing the Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan comedy Ideal Home, written and directed by Andrew Fleming and is in pre-production on the upcoming Keanu Reeves sci-fi film Replicas.

Personal life

In 2010, he married Stacy Rukeyser in a Lutheran ceremony in Los Angeles. Rukeyser is a television writer and producer; and is the daughter of Louis Rukeyser the former host of Wall Street Week.[2] They have two children.

Filmography

  • Replicas (2017)...executive producer
  • Ideal Home (2017)...producer
  • The Prophet (2015)...producer
  • Devil's Knot (2013)...producer
  • Decoding Annie Parker (2013)...producer
  • Rampart (2011)....producer
  • Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)....producer
  • Dim Sum Funeral (2008)....executive producer
  • Behind the Smile (2006)....producer
  • East of Havana (2006)....producer
  • My Date with Drew (2004)....executive producer
  • Monster (2003)....producer
  • Risk (2003)....executive producer
  • Tart (2001)....executive producer
  • The Watcher (2000)....co-producer
  • A Table for One (1999)....producer
  • The Landlady (1998)....co-producer
  • The Killing Grounds (1998)....(co-producer
  • The Night Caller (1998)....co-producer
  • Man of Her Dreams (1997)....co-producer
  • Wishmaster (1997)....producer
  • Stranger in the House (1997)....executive producer
  • Cupid (1997)....producer
  • The Nurse (1997)....co-producer
  • Daddy's Girl (1996)....co-producer
  • Dead Cold (1996)....co-producer
  • The Wrong Woman (1995)....executive producer
  • The Secretary (1995)....co-producer
  • Marked Man (1995)....co-executive producer

References

  1. ^ Petski, Denise (April 29, 2015). "Clark Peterson's Remstar Studios Secures Financing". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. ^ New York Times: "Stacy Rukeyser, Clark Peterson" May 28, 2010
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