Peter Biegen

Peter Biegen is an American screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. He co-wrote the screenplay The Last Lullaby[1] (with Max Allan Collins)[2] and wrote and directed the short film Ceremonies of the Horsemen [3] (starring Richard Schiff and Josh Zuckerman). The short was selected to be part of the permanent archive at the Visual Center of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.[4]

Biegen has written for Lifetime television, ghost written on several projects, is a member of both the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada, and a 2014 fellow of the Sundance Institute.[5] He was a writer on the 2017 series The Mist.[6]

Biegen has developed film projects with Michael Apted, Rodrigo Garcia, Julie Lynn, Eric Stoltz and Don Was (among others).

Biegen is also an executive of Parrot Dice Pictures[7] in Los Angeles, and was the host of the internet radio show "The Parrot Dice Pictures Radio Program" from 2009 through 2011.[citation needed]. His nonfiction work has been published in PopMatters,[8] Playbill,[9] and other periodicals. In 2024 he was awarded a Monson Arts Residency for his writing, and was shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize in Nonfiction[10] for his piece on the 2022 mass shooting in an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

References

  1. ^ Busack, Richard von (2009-10-06). "Nocturne". bohemian.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ "The Papal Chase: "Angels & Demons" and "The Last Lullaby"". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "Ceremonies of the Horsemen". LA Short Fest. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  4. ^ "טכסי הפרשים". library.yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  5. ^ "Shadow and Act, Sundance Institute Selects 10 Writers for Inaugural Episodic Story Lab". Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  6. ^ Miska, Brad (2017-07-03). "[Next On] Images From "The Mist" Episode 3, 'Show and Tell'". Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  7. ^ "Parrot Dice Pictures". Parrot Dice Pictures. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  8. ^ https://www.popmatters.com/lenny-bruce-v-lenny-bruce
  9. ^ https://playbill.com/article/it-was-in-the-air-said-founders-of-exploring-new-opportunities-first-ever-sundance-institute-tv-lab-com-340530
  10. ^ https://letterreview.com/announcing-the-winners-and-shortlist-of-the-letter-review-prize-sept-oct-2023/