Birthday: 23 September 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
Christopher Peters (also known as Chris Peters) is the son of producer Jon Peters (studio head, producer - Batman, Rain Man (1988), The Color Purple (1985), Superman Returns (2006)) and actress Lesley Ann Warren,(Academy Award Nominated Actress - Cinderella (1965), Victor Victoria (1982) and, currently, Desperate Housewives (2004)).Christopher was ...
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Christopher Peters (also known as Chris Peters) is the son of producer Jon Peters (studio head, producer - Batman, Rain Man (1988), The Color Purple (1985), Superman Returns (2006)) and actress Lesley Ann Warren,(Academy Award Nominated Actress - Cinderella (1965), Victor Victoria (1982) and, currently, Desperate Housewives (2004)).Christopher was raised in Malibu, CA and, after completing his education at Beverly Hills High then Goddard College in Vermont (Masters in Business and Communications), he returned to Hollwood and took a position at Warner Bros records in the A & R dept signing and developing emerging talent for the label.But acting and producing being his roots, Christopher was then offered and took a staring role on TV for CBS Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986) as well as a number of films, The Lost Boys (1987), River's Edge (1986) and made-for-TV specials for various networks.Following in his father's footsteps, Christopher took an entry level position at Cannon Films for Golan Globus working his way up through the ranks. After several years, Christopher was then offered numerous creative exec positions at several different film companies but decided on Peters Entertainment where he took a job as director of development.In late 1990's, a few months after Christopher started with Peters Entertainment, Chris developed and sold to Warner Bros a new and exciting take on the Robin Hood franchise securing a producing title and his first major studio film as producer. In the following year, Christopher rose to VP of Peters entertainment developing projects such as the now in production Superman Returns, The famous Japanise cartoon Akira, The Blob, A Star is Born and others.Recently, Christopher has formed his own company and is in working relationship with Warner Bros on several projects. He is currently producing Mad Monster Party (2011) with Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road. Show less «