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Peter Newman

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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.

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Film Production

Co-Executive Producer:
1992  Zebrahead

Executive Producer:
1985  1918
1986  On Valentine's Day
1987  Swimming to Cambodia
1990  Lord of the Flies
1992  Zebrahead
1994  The Secret of Roan Inish
2000  When the Sky Falls
2001  Relative Evil
2002  Washington Heights
2003  Beautiful Kid
2007  The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2008  American Violet
2010  Angels in New York
2019  William

Producer:
1985  1918
1986  On Valentine's Day
1987  End of the Line
1987  O.C. and Stiggs
1987  Swimming to Cambodia
1990  Lord of the Flies
1991  Dogfight
1992  Zebrahead
1993  Household Saints
1994  The Secret of Roan Inish
1995  Blue in the Face
1995  Smoke
1996  Space Truckers
1998  Lulu on the Bridge
1998  Strike!
1999  The 24 Hour Woman
2000  When the Sky Falls
2001  Relative Evil
2001  The Center of the World
2002  Interstate 60
2002  Washington Heights
2003  Beautiful Kid
2005  The Game of Their Lives
2005  The Squid and the Whale
2007  The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2008  American Violet
2010  Angels in New York
2011  The Music Never Stopped
2019  William

Production Executive:
1982  Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1985  1918
1986  On Valentine's Day
1987  End of the Line
1987  O.C. and Stiggs
1987  Swimming to Cambodia
1990  Lord of the Flies
1991  Dogfight
1992  Zebrahead
1993  Household Saints
1994  The Secret of Roan Inish
1995  Blue in the Face
1995  Smoke
1996  Space Truckers
1998  Lulu on the Bridge
1998  Strike!
1999  The 24 Hour Woman
2000  When the Sky Falls
2001  Relative Evil
2001  The Center of the World
2002  Interstate 60
2002  Washington Heights
2003  Beautiful Kid
2005  The Game of Their Lives
2005  The Squid and the Whale
2007  The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2008  American Violet
2010  Angels in New York
2011  The Music Never Stopped
2019  William

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
2010  SAS - The Search for Warriors

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