Advisor Studio: Peter Biegen (THE MIST) on the TV Writers' Room
About this Advisor Studio
In Advisor Studio sessions, Sundance Collab Advisors share field experiences and insights into their specific areas of craft, including writing, directing and producing for TV and film.
In this intimate conversation with award-winning screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker Peter Biegen, he pulls back the curtain on the TV writers' room to reveal what happens behind the scenes as seen through the lens of his work on THE MIST, a TV series based on Stephen King’s book of the same name. Learn what happens in the writers' room, how to avoid common mistakes and skills that will help you find success as a writer of episodic television.
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Peter Biegen
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Peter Biegen is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, film maker and wanna-be alchemist. He co-wrote the screenplay THE LAST LULLABY (with Max Allan Collins) and wrote and directed the short film CEREMONIES OF THE HORSEMEN (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. He adapted the Spanish film TODAS LAS MUJERES with acclaimed writer/director Rodrigo Garcia (NINE LIVES/ALBERT NOBBS) to direct. Peter is a Fellow from the inaugural Episodic Lab at the Sundance Institute. His television credits include the series adaptation of THE MIST (Dimension Films), FOUR EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN (Lifetime), and is the creator of a new series for ABC-Signature based on his Sundance developed pilot SMALL CHANGE. He’s currently developing another original television series based in Morocco with Producer Bob Cooper and Academy Award winning director James Marsh.