| Peter Spears | |
|---|---|
 Spears at the 90th Academy Awards | |
| 2 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Role | Actor, Producer, Screenwriter |
| Born | November 29, 1965 |
| Kansas City, Missouri, USA | |
Peter Spears is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for being a producer on the critically acclaimed 2017 gay coming-of-age romantic drama film, Call Me By Your Name. Spears also directed the controversial parodic short film, Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers; Spears received a cease-and-desist order from Sesame Workshop for copyright violations as a result. Spears helped to develop the television series "Nightmare Cafe" and "John from Cincinnati". Before becoming a film director and producer, Spears was an actor, appearing in films such as Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Opposite of Sex (1998) and Something's Gotta Give (2003), as well as several television series.
Wins[]
- 93rd Academy Awards, 2020
- Best Picture — Nomadland (shared with Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao)
Nominations[]
- 90th Academy Awards, 2017
- Best Picture — Call Me By Your Name (shared with Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito)
- 93rd Academy Awards, 2020
- Best Picture — Nomadland (shared with Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao)