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Peter Newman

Producer, Actor

Peter Ross Newman is an American film producer and educator. He attended Northwestern University and began his producing career in the 1980s. Newman has been married to casting director and filmmaker Antonia Dauphin since 1988, and is the father of actors Griffin Newman and James Newman. As of 2022, he is an associate professor at New York University, teaching courses at both the Tisch School of the Arts and the Stern School of Business; in 2008, he was named the first head of a dual MFA-MBA program, which the university describes as the first of its kind in the United States.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Music Never Stopped
    The Music Never Stopped2011
  • Lulu on the Bridge
    Lulu on the Bridge1998
  • The Game of Their Lives
    The Game of Their Lives2005
  • American Violet
    American Violet2008
  • End of the Line
    End of the Line1987
  • The 24 Hour Woman
    The 24 Hour Woman1999
  • 1918
    19181985
  • On Valentine's Day
    On Valentine's Day1986

Known For

  • Lord of the Flies
    Lord of the Flies1990
  • The Squid and the Whale
    The Squid and the Whale2005
  • Smoke
    Smoke1995
  • Dogfight
    Dogfight1991
  • All I Wanna Do!
    All I Wanna Do!1998
  • Interstate 60
    Interstate 602002
  • American Violet
    American Violet2008
  • Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
    Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982
  • Blue in the Face
    Blue in the Face1995
  • Space Truckers
    Space Truckers1996
  • The Secret of Roan Inish
    The Secret of Roan Inish1994
  • The Center of the World
    The Center of the World2001
  • The Music Never Stopped
    The Music Never Stopped2011
  • Lulu on the Bridge
    Lulu on the Bridge1998
  • The Game of Their Lives
    The Game of Their Lives2005
  • End of the Line
    End of the Line1987
  • O.C. and Stiggs
    O.C. and Stiggs1985
  • The 24 Hour Woman
    The 24 Hour Woman1999
  • Relative Evil
    Relative Evil2001
  • Household Saints
    Household Saints1993

Filmography

2019
William · as Executive Producer
2011
The Music Never StoppedOn Plex
2011
Outback Fight Club · as Executive Producer
2010
SAS: The Search for Warriors · as Executive Producer
2008
American Violet · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2007
The Inner Life of Martin Frost · as Executive Producer
2005
The Squid and the Whale
2005
The Game of Their LivesOn Plex
2002
Washington Heights · as Executive Producer
2002
Interstate 60
2001
Relative Evil · as Executive Producer
2001
The Center of the World
2000
When the Sky Falls · as Executive Producer
1999
The 24 Hour WomanOn Plex
1998
All I Wanna Do!
1998
Lulu on the BridgeOn Plex
1996
Space Truckers
1995
Blue in the Face
1995
Smoke
1994
The Secret of Roan Inish · as Executive Producer
1993
Household Saints
1991
Dogfight
1990
Lord of the Flies · as Executive Producer
1987
End of the LineOn Plex
1987
Swimming to Cambodia · as Executive Producer
1986
On Valentine's Day · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1985
1918 · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1985
O.C. and Stiggs
Janis

2005
The Squid and the Whale · as Mr. Greenberg

2023
The Water is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs · as Self – Interviewee (voice)

1992
Zebrahead · as Co-Executive Producer
1982
Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean · as Production Executive