Harley Peyton

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Harley Peyton is an American television producer and writer. [1] He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on the series.

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Biography

He went to Harvard and Stanford. [2]

Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the Dave Robicheaux Heaven's Prisoners novel, by James Lee Burke, into a 1996 feature film. 2009's In the Electric Mist , also featuring Robicheaux (albeit played by Tommy Lee Jones), acted as a sequel but Peyton was not involved.

Peyton also expanded into television in the 1990s, writing and creating series such as Moon Over Miami and Route 66. Other series Peyton has worked on include Dracula , Reign and Dominion . He scripted the superhero series Three Inches for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series. [3] In 2021, he created Reginald the Vampire for Syfy. It has been renewed for a second series. [4]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCreditNotes
1987 Less than Zero Screenplay By
1991Danger TeamWriterTelevision Movie
1993 The Three Musketeers Screenplay ByUncredited Revision
1996Bullet HeartsExecutive ProducerTelevision Movie
Heaven's Prisoners Screenplay ByCo-Wrote Screenplay with Scott Frank
1997 Keys to Tulsa Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
Gold Coast [5] Screenplay ByTelevision Movie
2001 Bandits Writer, Executive Producer
2004 Catwoman Screenplay ByUncredited Revision
2011 Friends with Benefits Story ByCo-Wrote Story with Keith Merryman and David A. Newman
Three Inches Executive ProducerTelevision Movie
2016 JL Ranch Written ByTelevision Movie

Television

YearTV SeriesCreditNotes
1990-91 Twin Peaks Writer, Producer
1993Route 66Creator, Co-Executive Producer
Moon Over Miami Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
2007 The Bronx is Burning WriterEpisode "The Straw"
2012-13 Wedding Band Writer, Consulting Producer
2013-14 Dracula Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2014-15 Reign Writer, Executive Producer
2015 Dominion WriterEpisode "The Longest Mile Home"
2016 Dark Matter WriterEpisode "She's One of Them Now"
2016-18 Channel Zero Writer, Executive Producer
2019-20 Project Blue Book Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2021–Present Chucky Writer, Executive Producer
2021–Present Reginald the Vampire Creator, Writer, Executive Producer

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  3. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a292098/syfy-denies-three-inches-axe/
  4. https://deadline.com/2023/01/reginald-the-vampire-renewed-for-season-2-at-syfy-1235222353/
  5. Ray Richmond (18 December 1996). "Caruso back on TV in Showtime 'Gold'". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2019.