- Known For
- Production
- Born
- November 29, 1965
- Place of Birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Peter Spears
Peter Spears (born November 29, 1965) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Spears is best known for winning an Oscar for producing Nomadland (2020), and for producing film Call Me by Your Name (2017). He directed the underground cult-favorite short film Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers, and developed the television series Nightmare Cafe and John from Cincinnati.
Filmography
movieOn Swift Horses
2025 · Producer
movieQueer
2024 · Executive Producer
movieDrift
2024 · Producer
movieBones and All
2022 · Producer
movieNomadland
2021 · Peter, Producer
movieSublet
2020 · David
movieCall Me by Your Name
2017 · Isaac, Producer
Until We Could
movieUntil We Could
2014 · Producer
tvJohn from Cincinnati
2007 · Co-Executive Producer
movieCareless
2007 · Director, Writer
movieSomething's Gotta Give
2003 · Danny Benjamin
tvCSI: Miami
2002 · Josh Dalton
movieErnest and Bertram
2002 · Director, Writer
tvSome of My Best Friends
2001 · Terry
movieThe Opposite of Sex
1998 · Dr. Allen
movieThe Love Bug
1997 · Young Dr. Stumpfel
movieFather of the Bride Part II
1995 · Dr. Wagner
movieCries from the Heart
1994 · Jeff
tvFriends
1994 · Joel
tvCafe Americain
1993 · Mark Durgin
movieSomething to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992 · Peter
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Robert Benchley
tvQuantum Leap
1989 · Doug Bridges / Reiser
tvMatlock
1986 · Barry Feldman
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieMike Nichols: A Life
— · Producer
Leading Men
movieLeading Men
— · Producer
The Fredy Hirsch Story
movieThe Fredy Hirsch Story
— · Producer
movieOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
— · Producer