William Peters Biography (1921-)

Born August 30, 1921, in San Francisco, CA; son of William Ernest (an advertising executive) and Dorothy Louise (Wright) Peters; married Ann Miller, October 12, 1942 (divorced, 1968); children: Suzanne P. Hilton, Geoffrey W. Peters, Jennifer P. Johnson, Gretchen P. Daniel. Addresses: OFFICE--Director, Yale University Films, Box 1848, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.; AGENT--Perry Knowlton, c/o Curtis Brown Ltd., 575 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
August 30, 1921
San Francisco, California, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
  • Producer, writer, and director for CBS Reports, CBS News: "Mississippi and the Fifteenth Amendment," 1962; "Testament of a Murdered Man," 1963; "The Priest and the Politician," 1963; "Storm Over the Supreme Court, Part II: TheSchool Prayer Case," 1963; "Storm Over the Supreme Court, Part III: Bible Reading in the Public Schools," 1963; "Filibuster: Birth-Struggle of a Law," 1964; "Segregation: Northern-Style," 1964; "After Ten Years: The Court and the Schools," 1964.
  • Credits; WRITER, PRODUCER,AND DIRECTOR
  • Southern Accents--Northern Ghettos, ABC, 1967.
  • The Eye of the Storm, ABC, 1970.
  • An Echo of Anger, ABC, 1972.
  • Suddenly an Eagle, ABC, 1976.
  • "Hostage!," ABC News Closeup, 1978.
  • Death of a Family, PBS.
  • Bill Moyers' Journal, 1979.
  • A Bond of Iron, South Carolina ETV, broadcast on PBS, 1982.
  • producer and director for the East Africa segments, Africa, ABC, 1967.
  • producer and writer, On Camera (newsmagazine pilot), ABC, 1977.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER, DIRECTOR,AND WRITER
  • The Day Before Tomorrow, VPI Films Inc. for Newsweek magazine, 1969.
  • What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?, DCA Productions Inc., 1976.
  • Your Local Station: How Good a Neighbor?, DCA Productions Inc., 1980.
  • Writings;BOOKS
  • American Memorial Hospital--Reims, France: A History, American Memorial Hospital, Inc., 1955.
  • Passport to Friendship: The Story of the Experiment in International Living, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1957.
  • The Southern Temper, Doubleday & Company, 1959.
  • A Class Divided, Doubleday & Company, 1971.
  • Writings;MAGAZINE ARTICLES
  • In Colliers, Coronet, Cosmopolitan, Encounter, Good Housekeeping, Interracial Review, Ladies' Home Journal, Look, McCall's, New Republic, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Reporter, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, Sports Illustrated, This Week.