Second Honeymoon
2001 · Movie
Director
Larry Peerce
1930-04-19
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The Bronx, New York, U.S.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lawrence "Larry" Peerce (born April 19, 1930) is an American film and TV director whose work includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), and Oscar nominee Two-Minute Warning (1976). The son of operatic tenor Jan Peerce and talent agent Alice (Kalmanowitz) Peerce, Larry Peerce was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina. He made his directing debut with One Potato, Two Potato, released in 1964 by the distributor Cinema V. The groundbreaking drama about an interracial marriage between a white divorcee (played by Barbara Barrie, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival for the role) and an African-American office worker (Bernie Hamilton) was the first U.S. movie to portray such an interracial relationship. Peerce went on to direct several episodes of the Western television series Branded and the campy superhero series Batman, among other shows, before directing the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, released in 1966 by American International Pictures and featuring such performers as The Byrds, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Ronettes and The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Following more TV, Peerce returned to film in 1967 with The Mystery of the Chinese Junk and The Incident, the latter of which starred Martin Sheen and Tony Musante. He followed this with the acclaimed Goodbye, Columbus, an adaptation of the Philip Roth novel. The movie earned Peerce a DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, and screenwriter Arnold Schulman an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Peerce's subsequent theatrical features included The Sporting Club, A Separate Peace, Ash Wednesday, and The Other Side of the Mountain. Peerce's work is frequently viewed as part of the expressive sentimental directorial style with a particular focus on coming-of-age stories.
Crew Credits
Holy Joe
1999 · Movie
Director
The Test of Love
1999 · Movie
Director
Love-Struck
1997 · Movie
Director
Christmas Every Day
1996 · Movie
Director
The Abduction
1996 · Movie
Director
In Pursuit of Honor
1995 · Movie
Executive Producer
An Element of Truth
1995 · Movie
Director
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
1994 · Movie
Director
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
Director
Murder So Sweet
1993 · Movie
Director
Child of Rage
1992 · Movie
Director
A Woman Named Jackie
1991 · TV Show
Director
Menu for Murder
1990 · Movie
Director
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Movie
Director
Wired
1989 · Movie
Director
The Neon Empire
1989 · Movie
Director
The Neon Empire
1989 · TV Show
Director
Elvis and Me
1988 · Movie
Director
Elvis and Me
1988 · TV Show
Director
Prison for Children
1987 · Movie
Director
Queenie
1987 · TV Show
Director
The Fifth Missile
1986 · Movie
Director
Love Lives On
1985 · Movie
Director
North and South
1985 · TV Show
Director
Hard to Hold
1984 · Movie
Director
That Was Rock: The T.A.M.I./T.N.T. Show
1984 · Movie
Director
I Take These Men
1983 · Movie
Director
Love Child
1982 · Movie
Director
Why Would I Lie?
1980 · Movie
Director
The Bell Jar
1979 · Movie
Director
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
1978 · Movie
Director
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Movie
Director
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975 · Movie
Director
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 · Movie
Director
Ash Wednesday
1973 · Movie
Director
A Separate Peace
1972 · Movie
Director
The Sporting Club
1971 · Movie
Director
Goodbye, Columbus
1969 · Movie
Director
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
1967 · Movie
Director
The Incident
1967 · Movie
Director
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967 · Movie
Director
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · TV Show
Director
The Monroes
1966 · TV Show
Director
Felony Squad
1966 · TV Show
Director
Batman
1966 · TV Show
Director
The Green Hornet
1966 · TV Show
Director
The Big T.N.T. Show
1965 · Movie
Director
The Wild Wild West
1965 · TV Show
Director
The Loner
1965 · TV Show
Director
Run for Your Life
1965 · TV Show
Director
Branded
1965 · TV Show
Director
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · TV Show
Director
One Potato, Two Potato
1964 · Movie
Director
