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Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Peter Hedges is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career. In 2002 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy.
Peter Hedges was born on 6 July 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and director, known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ben Is Back (2018) and Pieces of April (2003).
Dec 5, 2018 · Hedges’ latest picture, “Ben is Back,” also centers around a family reunion during the holidays, as the titular young man (played by the director’s son, Lucas Hedges, an Oscar nominee for “Manchester by the Sea”) unexpectedly returns home from rehab on Christmas Eve, much to the joy of his mother, Holly (Julia Roberts).
Dec 3, 2018 · 'Ben Is Back,' about a drug addicted young man who reaches out for his mother's help, has roots in the most personal of stories, says writer-director Peter Hedges.
Peter Hedges has 17 books on Goodreads with 39437 ratings. Peter Hedges’s most popular book is What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
Peter Hedges is a novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. He wrote both the novel and the screenplay What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and is the writer-director of Pieces of April starring Katie Holmes and Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell.
