Peter Hedges

Birth Name:

Peter Simpson Hedges

Birth Place:

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Profession

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Music department, Script department

At the 2003 Chicago International Film Festival, his film "Pieces of April" won a FIPRESCI Prize Special Mention
Won a Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for "Pieces of April" in 2003
Often lends his talents to the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab
Studied drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts
Quote: "From the age of 12 I wanted to be an actor and for 10 years I worked hard to become one․"
Quote: "It is my hope that [my] plays will find other young actors bursting with love for the theater․ They were written for fearless young actors․"
Quote: "Surrounded by actors of enormous talent, I made it my purpose to create roles for them, roles that if I could act, I would want to play․"
A full-time writer in the 1990s, he would transition to screenwriting for films with "About A Boy", "Pieces of April" and several other award-winning treatments after his initial involvement with "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Co-founded New York's Edge Theatre in 1985 alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Joe Mantello
Gained overnight success in the early '90s following the release of the film adaptation of his first novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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