Peter Newman

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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 di…

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The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

7.0 2005 Movie
Interstate 60

Interstate 60

7.4 2002 Movie
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

6.4 1990 Movie
Smoke

Smoke

7.2 1995 Movie
Space Truckers

Space Truckers

5.4 1996 Movie
Blue in the Face

Blue in the Face

6.5 1995 Movie
The Music Never Stopped

The Music Never Stopped

7.2 2011 Movie
Dogfight

Dogfight

6.9 1991 Movie
Strike!

Strike!

6.4 1998 Movie
The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret of Roan Inish

6.7 1994 Movie
The Center of the World

The Center of the World

5.2 2001 Movie
The Game of Their Lives

The Game of Their Lives

5.8 2005 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs

    Movie Self – Interviewee (voice)

  2. 2019
    William

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2011
    The Music Never Stopped

    Movie Producer

  4. 2010
    SAS - The Search for Warriors

    TV show Executive Producer

  5. 2010
    Angels in New York

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2008
    American Violet

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2007
    The Inner Life of Martin Frost

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2005
    The Squid and the Whale

    Movie Mr. Greenberg

  9. 2005
    The Game of Their Lives

    Movie Producer

  10. 2003
    Beautiful Kid

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2002
    Washington Heights

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 2002
    Interstate 60

    Movie Producer

  13. 2001
    Relative Evil

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 2001
    The Center of the World

    Movie Producer

  15. 2000
    When the Sky Falls

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 1999
    The 24 Hour Woman

    Movie Producer

More credits
  1. 1998
    Lulu on the Bridge

    Movie Producer

  2. 1998
    Strike!

    Movie Producer

  3. 1996
    Space Truckers

    Movie Producer

  4. 1995
    Blue in the Face

    Movie Producer

  5. 1995
    Smoke

    Movie Producer

  6. 1994
    The Secret of Roan Inish

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 1993
    Household Saints

    Movie Producer

  8. 1992
    Zebrahead

    Movie Co-Executive Producer

  9. 1991
    Dogfight

    Movie Producer

  10. 1990
    Lord of the Flies

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 1987
    End of the Line

    Movie Producer

  12. 1987
    O.C. and Stiggs

    Movie Producer

  13. 1987
    Swimming to Cambodia

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 1986
    On Valentine's Day

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 1985
    1918

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 1982
    Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

    Movie Production Executive

  17. —
    Redemption

    Movie Co-Producer