Peter Werner

American film and television director (1947–2023)

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Also known as Peter H. Werner

Born: January 17, 1947
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Died: March 21, 2023
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Birthplace: New York City
Place of death: Wilmington
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film director
, director
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Peter H. Werner was an American film and television director. His 1976 film, In the Region of Ice, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

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Where Were You When?(2010)
Hatless(2010)
There Will Be Blood... Type B.(2010)
An Everlasting Love(2010)
Bond of Silence(2010)
A Dog Named Christmas(2009)
The Future's So Bright(2009)
The Devil Inside (Part II)(2009)
The Devil Inside (Part I)(2009)
All in the Family(2009)
Car Trouble(2008)
Lady Killer(2008)
Wicked Game (Part I)(2008)
The Circuit(2008)
Front of the Class(2008)
Girl, Positive(2007)
Profiles in Terror(2006)
Method to His Madness(2006)
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy(2006)
Judge, Jury & Executioner(2005)
Lucky(2005)
Snow Wonder(2005)
Vinegar Hill(2005)
Mom at Sixteen(2005)
Gracie's Choice(2004)
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong(2003)
The Pact(2002)
We Were the Mulvaneys(2002)
No Ordinary Baby(2001)
Call Me Claus(2001)
Hefner: Unauthorized(1999)
Tempting Fate(1998)
Mama Flora's Family(1998)
On the Edge of Innocence(1997)
House of Frankenstein(1997)
Blue Rodeo(1996)
Two Mothers for Zachary(1996)
Inflammable(1995)
The Four Diamonds(1995)
The Unspoken Truth(1995)
Doorways(1994)
Winnetka Road(1994)
The Substitute Wife(1994)
Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life(1992)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes(1990)
The Image(1990)
LBJ: The Early Years(1987)
No Man's Land(1987)
I Married a Centerfold(1984)
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder(1982)
Prisoners(1981)
Battered(1978)
In the Region of Ice(1976)
Dead Listing
Big Chills
Bad Blood
The Curse of the Ninth
Dead to Rights
Fury
Melinda's First Ghost
Barn Burning
The Son Also Rises
Tribunal

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BBlue Rodeo1996 · 1996 television film directed by Peter Werner

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Given name: Peter
Awards: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(March 28, 1977) for work: In the Region of Ice · statement is subject of: 49th Academy Awards
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Nominations: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(February 10, 1977) for work: In the Region of Ice · statement is subject of: 49th Academy Awards
Family name: Werner
Sibling: Tom Werner
Related category: Category:Films directed by Peter Werner category contains: film directed by this person
Sex or gender: male
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2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-21
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Religion or worldview: Judaism
Name in native language: Peter Werner
Start of work period: 1971
End of work period: 2023
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: heart failure
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