Peter Spears

Peter Spears, an American actor, and director, was born on November 29, 1965. He grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, having been born in Kansas City, Missouri. Spears was born into a Jewish family and grew up in that environment. Spears is married to Brian Swardstrom, a New York Click to look into! >> Read More... -based talent agency and film producer. They live in Rancho Mirage, California, and New York City. The historic William Henry Ludlow House in Claverack, New York, is owned by Spears and Swardstrom, but they do not live there anymore.

Spears is most known for producing "Call Me by Your Name," a critically acclaimed 2017 romantic drama film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Spears also directed the controversial short film "Ernest and Bertram," in which the Sesame Street Sesame Street is a preschool educational TV show t >> Read More... characters "Bert and Ernie" were portrayed as gay lovers. As a result, Sesame Workshop issued him a cease-and-desist order for copyright violations. Spears was involved in the development of the television shows "Nightmare Café" (1992) and "John from Cincinnati" (2007).

Spears was an actor before becoming a film director and producer, acting in films including "Father of the Bride Part II (1995)," "The Opposite of Sex (1998)," and "Nomadland (2020)," as well as television shows like "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993)" and " Friends A journey of six friends, living with each other i >> Read More... " (1996). Spears earned an Academy Award for producing "Nomadland" at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.