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Biography
Brian Wayne Peterson (born 1971/1972) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He wrote the script for 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader and has worked on many episodes of Smallville as writer and producer since 2002. His consistent writing partner on Smallville is Kelly Souders.
Peterson received a Master of Fine Arts in writing for screen & television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1997.
Shortly after his graduation, Jamie Babbit, the director for But I'm a Cheerleader, asked Peterson to write a script for her film after reading a story he had written about a gay cowboy. Peterson used his own personal experiences to help him write the story, which is about a group of teenagers who attend conversion therapy camp. He is gay himself, and had had some experience of conversion therapy while working at a prison clinic for sex offenders. In 1999, Variety named him one of "10 Screenwriters to Watch".
Filmography
Film
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999; screenwriter)
Television
- Smallville
- Writer (2002–2011)
- Story editor (2003–2004)
- Executive Story Editor (2004)
- Producer (2004–2005)
- Supervising Producer (2005–2006)
- Co-Executive Producer (2006–2007)
- Executive Producer (2007–2008)
- Executive Producer/Show runner (2008–2011)