Harley Peyton is an American screenwriter and television producer. He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for the 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for his work on the series' third episode.
Biography He went to Harvard and Stanford.
Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the Dave Robicheaux novel Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke into a 1996 feature film. 2009's In the Electric Mist, also featuring Robicheaux (albeit played by Tommy Lee Jones), acted as a sequel, but Peyton was not involved.
Peyton also expanded into television in the 1990s, writing and creating series such as Moon Over Miami and Route 66. Other series Peyton has worked on include Dracula, Reign and Dominion. He scripted the superhero series Three Inches for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series. In 2021, he created Reginald the Vampire for Syfy. It was renewed for a second season but was canceled in 2024.
Filmography Films Year Film Credit Notes1987Less than ZeroScreenplay By1991Danger TeamWriterTelevision Movie1993The Three MusketeersScreenplay ByUncredited Revision1996Bullet HeartsExecutive ProducerTelevision MovieHeaven's PrisonersScreenplay ByCo-Wrote Screenplay with Scott Frank1997Keys to TulsaWriter, Producer, Second Unit DirectorGold CoastScreenplay ByTelevision Movie2001BanditsWriter, Executive Producer2004CatwomanScreenplay ByUncredited Revision2011Friends with BenefitsStory ByCo-Wrote Story with Keith Merryman and David A. NewmanThree InchesExecutive ProducerTelevision Movie2016JL RanchWritten ByTelevision Movie
Television Year TV Series Credit Notes1990–1991Twin PeaksWriter, Producer1993Route 66Creator, Co-Executive ProducerMoon Over MiamiCreator, Writer, Executive Producer2007The Bronx is BurningWriterEpisode "The Straw"2012–2013Wedding BandWriter, Consulting Producer2013–2014DraculaWriter, Co-Executive Producer2014–2015ReignWriter, Executive Producer2015DominionWriterEpisode "The Longest Mile Home"2016Dark MatterWriterEpisode "She's One of Them Now"2016–2018Channel ZeroWriter, Executive Producer2019–2020Project Blue BookWriter, Co-Executive Producer2021–2024ChuckyWriter, Executive Producer2021–2024Reginald the VampireCreator, Writer, Executive Producer
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