Peter Traugott
Television producer
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| Intro | Television producer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Television producer | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 16 November 1965, Los Altos | |
| Age | 59 years |
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Biography
Peter Scott Traugott (born November 18, 1965) is an American television producer who is currently the President of Television at Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
Career
Born in Los Altos, California, Traugott majored in business at Berkeley University in California. He then worked as an investment banker before attending Harvard Business School. Traugott's career soon took off after business school when he landed a creative executive job at Fox Studios. He then joined Brillstein-Grey Entertainment as vice president of television in 1996 and was promoted to President when Brad Grey left to run Paramount in 2005. He is married to Mandana Dayani, fashion executive at Rachel Zoe, Inc. and attorney.
He has developed several television pilots including Real Time with Bill Maher, According to Jim, and The Showbiz Show with David Spade. He served as executive producer of Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate, and for the Sarah Michelle Gellar series Ringer. Traugott also executive-produced Gellar's unsold HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys. He is now an independent producer with a deal on the NBC lot.