Larry Peerce

Directing·Apr 19, 1930·The Bronx, New York, U.S.

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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.

Film	Credit
Second Honeymoon2001 · Director	Director
The Test of Love1999 · Director	Director
Holy Joe1999 · Director	Director
Love-Struck1997 · Director	Director
Christmas Every Day1996 · Director	Director
The Abduction1996 · Director	Director
An Element of Truth1995 · Director	Director
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story1994 · Director	Director
Murder So Sweet1993 · Director	Director
Child of Rage1992 · Director	Director
Menu for Murder1990 · Director	Director
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson1990 · Director	Director
The Neon Empire1989 · Director	Director
Wired1989 · Director	Director
Elvis and Me1988 · Director	Director
Prison for Children1987 · Director	Director
The Fifth Missile1986 · Director	Director
Love Lives On1985 · Director	Director
Hard to Hold1984 · Director	Director
That Was Rock: The T.A.M.I./T.N.T. Show1984 · Director	Director
I Take These Men1983 · Director	Director
Love Child1982 · Director	Director
Why Would I Lie?1980 · Director	Director
The Bell Jar1979 · Director	Director
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II1978 · Director	Director
Two-Minute Warning1976 · Director	Director
The Other Side of the Mountain1975 · Director	Director
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me1974 · Director	Director
Ash Wednesday1973 · Director	Director
A Separate Peace1972 · Director	Director
The Sporting Club1971 · Director	Director
Goodbye, Columbus1969 · Director	Director
The Incident1967 · Director	Director
TThe Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk1967 · Director	Director
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO1967 · Director	Director
The Big T.N.T. Show1965 · Director	Director
One Potato, Two Potato1964 · Director	Director