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Peter Hyams

American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1943 · age 83

Peter Hyams is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing the 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation...

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2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999Film2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindFilm2013Enemies CloserFilm, Director2009Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFilm, Director, Writer2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilFilm2005ThresholdSeries, Director1999End of DaysFilm, Director1995Sudden DeathFilm, Director1992Stay TunedFilm, Director1988The PresidioFilm, Director1985Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAwardAmazing StoriesSeries, 1985Director19842010Film, Director, Writer1981OutlandFilm, Director, Writer1979Hanover StreetFilm, Director, Writer1974BustingFilm, Director, Writer1971T.R. BaskinFilm, Writer, Producer1943Born26 July 1943

People around Peter

  • O.J.: Made in America 2016
  • Capricorn One 1977
  • The Monster Squad 1987
  • 2010 1984
  • Telefon 1977

Filmography 40

71 credits on file

Television 2

Awards

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation1985

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Peter Hyams is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing the 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death, and the horror films The Relic and End of Days.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83