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Born in Middletown, CT; educated at the University of California, Berkeley (English). Reclusive and resourceful American screenwriter known for a handful of distinctive genre screenplays, each characterized by moral ambiguity. Peoples has said "I have a hard time being on anybody's side in anything. I'm inclined to see everybody's point of view." 1992 was Peoples' banner year: two major films made from his scripts -- Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN and Stephen Frears' HERO -- were released within a few months of each other, just as BLADE RUNNER (1982), the cult sci-fi film he co-wrote, was successfully reissued in a "director's cut" version. Though HERO met with a mixed critical response, UNFORGIVEN -- written in 1976 when Peoples was an unknown quantity -- was hailed as a great western, revitalizing both the genre itself and the career of star and director Clint Eastwood.
Other notable credits include THE DAY AFTER TRINITY (1980), LADYHAWKE (1985), THE BLOOD OF HEROES (1988), LEVIATHAN (1989), FATAL SKY (1990), TWELVE MONKEYS (1995), SOLDIER (1998), and STOMPANATO (scheduled for 2008).
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Nominated for Achievement in Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen