About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1930-04-19
Place of birth:
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
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Larry Peerce

Overview

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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.

Known for

Directing
2001 Second Honeymoon Directing Director 58
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1999 The Test of Love Directing Director 58
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1999 Holy Joe Directing Director 58
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1997 Love-Struck Directing Director 58
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1996 Christmas Every Day Directing Director 59
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1996 The Abduction Directing Director N/A
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1995 An Element of Truth Directing Director 59
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1994 A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story Directing Director 59
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1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III Directing Director N/A
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1993 Murder So Sweet Directing Director N/A
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1992 Child of Rage Directing Director 58
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1991 A Woman Named Jackie Directing Director 71
Good
1990 Menu for Murder Directing Director 59
Average
1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Directing Director 59
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1989 The Neon Empire Directing Director N/A
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1989 The Neon Empire Directing Director N/A
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1989 Wired Directing Director 57
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1988 Elvis and Me Directing Director 59
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1987 Queenie Directing Director 58
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1987 Prison for Children Directing Director 59
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1986 The Fifth Missile Directing Director 59
Average
1985 North and South Directing Director 72
Good
1985 Love Lives On Directing Director 59
Average
1984 Hard to Hold Directing Director 58
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1984 That Was Rock: The T.A.M.I./T.N.T. Show Directing Director N/A
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1983 I Take These Men Directing Director N/A
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1982 Love Child Directing Director 59
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1980 Why Would I Lie? Directing Director 59
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1979 The Bell Jar Directing Director 58
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1978 The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II Directing Director 59
Average
1976 Two-Minute Warning Directing Director 59
Average
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain Directing Director 59
Average
1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Ash Wednesday Directing Director 59
Average
1972 A Separate Peace Directing Director 58
Average
1971 The Sporting Club Directing Director 58
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1969 Goodbye, Columbus Directing Director 58
Average
1967 The Incident Directing Director 60
Fair
1967 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk Directing Director 59
Average
1967 Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Big T.N.T. Show Directing Director 58
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1964 One Potato, Two Potato Directing Director 59
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Production
1995 In Pursuit of Honor Production Executive Producer 58
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