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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.