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Peter Landesman
Writer 63 years old

Peter Landesman

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Landesman (born 3 January 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, journalist, novelist and painter. He wrote a number of cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and others, including investigations into... Read full bio →

Filmography

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5 titles
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Peter Landesman 2017 1h 43m 5.0

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

Concussion

Concussion

Peter Landesman 2015 2h 3m 6.7

A look at how American football players suffer from major head injuries and life-long debilitating problems as a result of repeated concussions and efforts by the National Football League to deny it.

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

Michael Cuesta 2014 1h 52m 7.3

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Parkland

Parkland

Peter Landesman 2013 1h 34m 5.5

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

Trade

Trade

Marco Kreuzpaintner 2007 2h 7.3

Adriana is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother.

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