American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (born 1943)
Peter Hyams
Born
(1943-07-26) July 26, 1943 (age 80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer
Years active
1971–present
Spouse
George-Ann Spota
(m. 1964)
Children
3, including John Hyams
Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One (which he also wrote), the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film 2010: The Year We Make Contact (a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days.
Arthur Lief. His sister is casting director Nessa Hyams. His son John Hyams is also a film director. Hyams studied art and music at Hunter College and Syracuse...
series, for which he has directed two installments. Hyams is the son of director PeterHyams. Hyams graduated from Syracuse University School of Visual...
and—under duress—the crew themselves. It was written and directed by PeterHyams and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It stars Elliott Gould...
Stephen Sommers; The Musketeer directed by PeterHyams and Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, also directed by PeterHyams, and starring Michael Douglas. Damon was...
Hyams is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chapman H. Hyams (1838–1923), stockbroker, businessman and philanthropist Eban Hyams (born...
film directed by Fred Dekker, and written by Dekker and Shane Black. PeterHyams and Rob Cohen served as executive producers. It was released by TriStar...
Timecop is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by PeterHyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Richardson also served...
The Relic is a 1997 American monster-horror film directed by PeterHyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln...
"buddy" movies: Busting (1974), a cop movie with Robert Blake, directed by PeterHyams; and S*P*Y*S (1975), a spy spoof which reunited him with Sutherland....
Joe Regalbuto. The film was written by Roderick Taylor and PeterHyams and directed by Hyams. Its title is taken from the name of the Star Chamber, a 15th−17th-century...
Director PeterHyams was offered the film by producer Moshe Diamant, and accepted it both as a show of friendship and as a stylistic exercise. Hyams is usually...
with film directors such as Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, PeterHyams, John A. Davis, Brad Anderson, Howard Deutch, Mark Dindal, Robert Rodriguez...
Busting is a 1974 American buddy cop film, directed by PeterHyams in his theatrical directorial debut, starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as police...
classic 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, directed and photographed by PeterHyams, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth and...
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