Bio.
After surviving a BA from Stanford and an MFA from UC Riverside, Mr. Peters set out to fulfill his life’s true ambition: to become a starving artist. He was immediately successful.
As an actor, he burst onto the stage, then blazed his way into films, TV, and commercials. Inexplicably, he has spent an inordinate slice of his career on hiatus.
His first stage play was greeted by rave reviews from friends and family, but never produced. During this trying time, he found solace in the violence of the martial arts. His second play won two national play writing awards, receiving a total of seven productions in theaters across the country — and suddenly his mother stopped telling him he should have been a lawyer.
Riding this wave of newfound success, he launched into screen writing as well. Mr. Peters has now penned three plays and six screenplays, all based on former friends who have read his scripts and refuse to speak to him anymore. In the words of the author, his work “reeks with promise.”
Mr. Peters currently resides in Los Angeles with his sweet wife and two dramatic, emotional, bickering, teenage daughters. It’s been nineteen years since he’s had a good night’s sleep. Like most journeymen screenwriters, he looks forward to that happy day in the not-so-distant future when he can finally fork over the Guild’s hefty initiation fee.
Though he’s won or placed in over 50 screenwriting contests, been selected for the prestigious BloodList, had numerous option offers, and enjoys the ardent support of his family and dogs, Mr. Peters has yet to kick down Hollywood’s thick door. He remains undaunted and takes pride in the fact that he’s far too stupid to give up the fight.
Mr. Peters enjoys writing both thrillers and comedies. When he’s working on thrillers, he often wakes up with nightmares — and that let’s him know he's on the right track. On writing comedy, he offers this one insight, “I need to feel funny when I sit down to write. Looking funny is not enough.”
Craig Peters
www.craigpeters.info
Resume
Education:
BA Stanford 1976 MFA UC Riverside 1979
Writing Credits for Screen:
THE 49TH DAY
Feature - Thriller / Horror
Atlanta Screenplay Awards Finalist 2020 New York City International Screenplay Contest Finalist 2020 Inroads Screenwriting Finalist 2019 Emerging Screenwriters Semifinalist 2019 Big Break Semifinalist 2019 Capital Fund Screenplay Competition Hot 100 2018 Big Break Quarterfinalist 2018 13Horror Screenplay Finalist 2017 Official Selection of the FilmQuest Festival 2017 Selected for the BloodList 2016 ScreenCraft Horror Contest Grand Prize Winner 2016 WeScreenplay Third Place Winner 2016 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Page Quarterfinalist 2016 Best Screenplay, Horror, Table Read My Screenplay 2015 Circus Road Semi-Finalist 2015 ScreenCraft Horror Semifinalist 2015 Capitol Fund Screenplay Competition — Hot 100 2015 ScreenCraft Fellowship Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Quarterfinalist 2014 Circus Road Semifinalist 2014 Write Movies Finalist 2014 ScreamCraft Horror Semifinalist 2014 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Silver Prize Winner for Horror 2013 Nicholls Quarterfinalist (top 372 out of 7251) 2013 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Finalist 2012 Reel Authors Screenplay Contest Finalist 2012 Fresh Voices Contest Semifinalist 2012 CineStory Writers Retreat Winner 2011 American Screenwriting Competition Semifinalist 2011 Script Pipeline Finalist (top 20 out of 3000) 2010 Story Pros Grand Prize Winner 2009 Script Savvy 1st Place Winner 2008 Blue Cat Semi-Finalist 2008 Screenwriters Showcase 2nd Place Winner 2007 Screenplay Festival Finalist 2007 American Zoetrope Quarterfinalist 2007
THE DEMON OF HOPE STREET
Feature - Thriller
Big Break Semifinalist 2019 Finish Line Script Competition Official Selection 2018 StoryPros Semifinalist 2017 Page Semifinalist 2016 Cinequest Feature Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2015 Table Read My Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2015 WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2015 Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2015 Big Break Contest Top Ten Thriller 2014 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2014 New York Screenplay Contest Finalist 2014 CineStory Quarterfinalist 2014 ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest Finalist 2013 Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest 2013, Nominee for Humanitarian Award. “This award rewards material that highlights social and political issues around the world, as well as writers that strive to make a positive difference through their writing.” Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2013 Happy Writers Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist 2013
SOVEREIGN CITIZEN
Feature - Thriller
ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2020 Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2017 Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2017 Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2017 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2016 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2016 Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition Top Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) Write Movies Quarterfinalist 2015
THE SQUAWKER
Feature - Comedy / Action / Adventure
Emerging Screenwriters Semifinalist 2019 Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2017 WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2016 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Semifinalist 2012 Reel Authors Semifinalist 2012
THE LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES
Feature / TV Special - Comedy
Based on the author’s original stage play The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes that won two national playwriting awards and received seven productions on stages from coast to coast — recently adapted for the screen Official Selection of the LS and B Comedy Writing Contest 2016
THE MYTHICAL GOLDEN TROUT (Completed 5/18)
Feature - Comedy / Action / Adventure
Stage 32 Gidden Media Grown Up Movies Contest Semifinalist 2020 New York City International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2020 Write/LA Semifinalist 2019 Story Pros Semifinalist 2019 Finish Line Script Competition Official Selection 2018 Story Pros Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist 2018
In Development
SONGS OF MAD WILLIAM
Feature - Drama
Writing Credits for Stage:
THE $88,000 LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES
Stage Play - Comedy
Productions:
Harlequin Theatre, Cayuga College, NY 1992 Theatre Americana, Altadena, CA 1990 Kingston Showboat Theatre, Eddyville, NY 1988 New Playwright’s Theatre, Ashland, OR 1988 The Y.E.S. National Playwriting Festival Winner 1987 (Playwright in Residence at N. Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY) The Uprising Theatre, Long Beach, CA 1987 Glendale College Theatre, Glendale, CA 1986
THE MIGHTY SAMSON SISTERS
Stage Play - Comedy
FOUR DAYS FROM HONEYSUCKLE GARDEN
Stage Play - Comedy
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