Peter O'Brien

'Peter O'Brien' (qv) was raised in Mill Valley, California, and graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in English. His film education began while working for producers Mark Gordon and Chris Meledandri, and, later, for the director Harold Becker. He was Co-Executive Producer on Mr. Becker's Malice.Peter's original script, Unlocked, made the Black List and was released in 2017. It stars Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Michael Douglas and John Malkovich. Veteran filmmaker Michael Apted directed.As a screenwriter, Peter has numerous projects in development. These include an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Chancellor Manuscript for director Marc Forster, a re-write of actioner Line Of Sight for director Ben Affleck, and the thrillers Trust Your Eyes and The Jury, for New Line and 20th Century Studios respectively.Peter also has worked extensively in video games. In 2012 he was Writing Lead on Halo: Reach, the fourth installment in Bungie and Microsoft's iconic video game franchise. In 2019, he was Story Lead on Golem, a pioneering Virtual Reality title from Highwire Games, developed for Sony PlaystationVR.Peter wrote and directed the Hitchcockian short, Self Storage, starring Rainn Wilson and William Mapother. It won numerous Audience Favorite awards at festivals. He's also attached to direct his Brazilian-set MMA thriller, Let It Bleed.Peter's 2019 adaptation of the memoirs of former Colombian president, Andrés Pastrana, has Luis Mandoki attached to direct and Andy Garcia starring. Titled The Bullring, it chronicles Pastrana's kidnapping by Pablo Escobar while he was running for mayor of Bogota as a young man.::anonymous