Peter Briggs (born 12 December 1965) is an English

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and

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. Although he has worked in the motion picture industry for more than 20 years, he is best known for the film ''

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''. His films draw heavily on sources as diverse as

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, fantasy, and war.

Film career

A former cinematographer, the British-born screenwriter developed fantasy-genre material for

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in the UK in the early part of his career. Briggs wrote a screenplay for '' Alien vs. Predator'' in 1991, which sold to

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. The project languished in

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for many years until a version was brought to the screen in 2004. Briggs' draft was cited as an example of strong

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writing in

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's book ''The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made''. Briggs scripted the 2004 film ''

'', sharing story credit with director

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. He has contributed material to motion picture projects for companies as diverse as

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, and

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Television career

Briggs contributed an episode, "Heist Society", to the first season of the 2015 rebooted

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show '' Thunderbirds Are Go'', produced by Weta Workshop and Pukeko Pictures. Briggs explained the collaboration came from the two-month period he spent in

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working on the still in-development movie ''Panzer 88'' with Weta Workshop and was due to his lifetime love of

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shows.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Peter Living people English screenwriters English male screenwriters People from Whiston, Merseyside English dramatists and playwrights 1965 births English male dramatists and playwrights