Peter Biegen is an American

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and

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. He co-wrote the screenplay ''

The Last Lullaby ''The Last Lullaby'' is 2008 drama/noir film starring Tom Sizemore, and Sasha Alexander. Filming took place in Shreveport, Louisiana. The film won the Best Actress (Sasha Alexander) and Audience Award at the San Diego Film Festival in 2008. Pl ...

'' (with Max Allan Collins) and wrote and directed the short film ''Ceremonies of the Horsemen'' (starring

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and

Josh Zuckerman Joshua Ryan Zuckerman (born April 1, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role in ''Sex Drive'' (2008), as well as for playing Mark Cullin in the science fiction TV series ''Kyle XY'', Eddie Orlofsky in ''Desperate Housew ...

). The short was selected to be part of the permanent archive at the Visual Center of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Biegen has written for Lifetime television, ghost written on several projects, is a member of both the

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and the

Writers Guild of Canada The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is a trade union representing professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in Canada. Members of the WGC write dramatic TV series, feature films, Movies of the Week, do ...

, and a 2014 fellow of the

Sundance Institute Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by actor Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and compo ...

. He was a writer on the 2017 series ''

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''. Biegen has developed film projects with

Michael Apted Michael David Apted (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the ''Up (film series), Up'' documentary series from 1970 to 2019). He later di ...

, Rodrigo Garcia, Julie Lynn,

Eric Stoltz Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film ''Mask'' (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ...

and

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(among others). Biegen is also an executive of Parrot Dice Pictures in Los Angeles, and was the host of the

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show "The Parrot Dice Pictures Radio Program" from 2009 through 2011.. His nonfiction work has been published in PopMatters, Playbill, and other periodicals. In 2024 he was awarded a Monson Arts Residency for his writing, and was shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize in Nonfictionhttps://letterreview.com/announcing-the-winners-and-shortlist-of-the-letter-review-prize-sept-oct-2023/ for his piece on the 2022 mass shooting in an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

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