A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Born:
June 12, 2009
Peter LoPresti is an outspoken and articulate little boy with a big presence. Loves to watch Modern Family and recite Gloria’s words in her accent. Peter also has does well with British accents. He often tells his family who he will select to bring with him to the red carpet events… because “he WILL be there someday”. Peter has a blue belt in Taekwondo. He is also a Star Wars fanatic and an expert in building Legos. He is very funny and has a spunky personality that lights up a room when he walks in. Peter was diagnosed with Autism at 3 years old and was non-verbal till 4. With the right blend of support and intervention, Peter came around and is now a flourishing kid. Peter still struggles with anxiety but continues to grow with more acting exposure. Peter has a 3 year old little brother Marco who he adores and loves to play with. Peter started working at 5 years old modeling for a toy brand shoot. Soon after he starred in a corporate firm (Adecco), flashlight and local supermarket (Giant Foods) commercial. Recently he signed for a part in the movies Garden of Thorns and Running Scared.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.