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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-01-17

Deathday

2023-03-21 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Werner

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Peter Werner (January 17, 1947 – March 21, 2023) was 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. 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 included Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Different World, The Wonder Years, Moonlighting and other series.

He was the older brother of television producer Tom Werner.

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

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Acting

2004

Grave Matters as Dead Man

1995

MADtv as IZM Biker

1982

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder as Dr. Werner (uncredited)

Directing

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Doorways as Director

2018

Instinct as Director

2016		Ice as Director
2016		Bull as Director
2016		Outsiders as Director

2015		Limitless as Director
2015		UnREAL as Director

2013		The Blacklist as Director
2013		Prosecuting Casey Anthony as Director

2012

Elementary as Director

2011		Grimm as Director
2011		A Gifted Man as Director
2011		Unforgettable as Director

2010		No Ordinary Family as Director
2010		Blue Bloods as Director
2010		Bond of Silence as Director
2010		Justified as Director

2009

A Dog Named Christmas as Director

2008		Front of the Class as Director
2008		The Circuit as Director

2007		Girl, Positive as Director
2007		Army Wives as Director
2007		Raines as Director

2006		Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy as Director
2006		Kidnapped as Director

2005		Snow Wonder as Director
2005		Ghost Whisperer as Director
2005		Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution as Director
2005		Vinegar Hill as Director
2005		Mom at Sixteen as Director
2005		Medium as Director

2004

Gracie's Choice as Director

2003

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong as Director

2002		The Pact as Director
2002		Boomtown as Director
2002		We Were the Mulvaneys as Director

2001		Call Me Claus as Director
2001		Ruby's Bucket of Blood as Director
2001		No Ordinary Baby as Director
2001		Maybe It's Me as Director
2001		Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Director
2001		Philly as Director
2001		Grounded for Life as Director

2000

The 70s as Director

1999		Hefner: Unauthorized as Director
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Director

1998		Mama Flora's Family as Director
1998		Tempting Fate as Director

1997		House of Frankenstein as Director
1997		On the Edge of Innocence as Director

1996		Blue Rodeo as Director
1996		Two Mothers for Zachary as Director
1996		Nash Bridges as Director

1995		Inflammable as Director
1995		The Unspoken Truth as Director
1995		Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story as Director
1995		The Four Diamonds as Director

1994

The Substitute Wife as Director

1993

Doorways as Director

1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Director

1991		The Good Policeman as Director
1991		Death Merchants as Director

1990		Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Director
1990		The Image as Director

1988

The Wonder Years as Director

1987		No Man's Land as Director
1987		A Different World as Director
1987		Hooperman as Director
1987		LBJ: The Early Years as Director

1986

Outlaws as Director

1985		Hometown as Director
1985		Moonlighting as Director
1985		Sins of the Father as Director

1984		I Married a Centerfold as Director
1984		Call to Glory as Director
1984		Hard Knox as Director

1982

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder as Director

1980

Barn Burning as Director

1979

Aunt Mary as Director

1978

Battered as Director

1976		In the Region of Ice as Director
1976		Family as Director

1971

Hidden and Seeking as Director

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Director

Production

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Doorways as Co-Executive Producer

2005		Vinegar Hill as Co-Executive Producer
2005		Mom at Sixteen as Co-Executive Producer

2004

Gracie's Choice as Co-Executive Producer

2003

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong as Co-Executive Producer

2002		The Pact as Producer
2002		We Were the Mulvaneys as Producer

1993

Doorways as Co-Executive Producer

Writing

1976

In the Region of Ice as Writer