Peter Spears
Known for: Production
Born: November 29, 1965
Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
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Filmography
20 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
6.2
On Swift Horses
2025
6.5
Queer
2024
6.1
Drift
2024
7.0
Bones and All
2022
7.2
Nomadland
2021
6.7
Sublet
2020
8.1
Call Me by Your Name
20177.0
Until We Could
2014
6.3
John from Cincinnati
2007
5.7
Careless
2007
6.6
Something's Gotta Give
2003
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
7.3
Ernest and Bertram
2002
5.4
Some of My Best Friends
2001
6.2
The Opposite of Sex
1998
5.7
The Love Bug
1997
6.3
Father of the Bride Part II
1995
6.0
Cries from the Heart
1994
8.4
Friends
1994
7.0
Cafe Americain
1993
5.8
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Mike Nichols: A Life
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Leading Men
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The Fredy Hirsch Story
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NR
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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