Peter Atencio Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival for "Night of the Dog" in 2005
• Directed the popular YouTube Pepsi ad featuring NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon taking a car salesman on a wild test drive, which has received more than 35 million views, 10 million of which came solely on the day it aired
• Worked at a movie theater in Los Angeles called The Arclight Cinema, where he and his filmmaker co-workers formed a group called The Six, who directed the film "Night of the Dog․"
• Quote: "I like things that play with the tropes that someone else has established․․․It's just playing with people's expectations of conventions․"
• Quote: "(On "Key and Peele"): "We're a show about race that doesn't take just one particular side․ We're more interested in pointing out that ignorance and hypocrisy and stupidity exist in all races, so we use race to make universal points․""
• Best known as the director of the TV series "Key and Peele" and the films "The Rig" and "Night of the Dog․"
• He is represented by Gifted Youth, UTA, and Principato-Young Entertainment
• Has worked for a wide variety of film, television, and advertising clients, including Adult Swim, Comedy Central, Pepsi, and Food Network