Portrait of Peter Hedges

Directing

Peter Hedges

Career

Active from 1977 to 2022, with a break from 1978 to 1992, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for About a Boy
About a Boy
GoodWatch score75/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2003 ยท Nominated ยท 75th Academy Awards

    About a Boy

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Hedges Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.5
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Redemption 2
  • Emotional 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The 99'ers
The 99'ers

Screenplay

2020s

2 titles
The Same Storm
The Same Storm (2022)

Director, Original Music Composer

Good as New
Good as New (2020)

Writer, Director

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 65
Ben Is Back
Ben Is Back (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer, Director

Little Sister
Little Sister (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bill Lunsford

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Director

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 71
Dan in Real Life
Dan in Real Life (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Screenplay

Pieces of April
Pieces of April (2003)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

About a Boy
About a Boy (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 69
A Map of the World
A Map of the World (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
GoodWatch score 75

Novel, Screenplay

1970s

1 title
Sammy
Sammy (1977)

as Matt Redding