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'{{multiple issues| {{COI|date=March 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2013}} {{Cleanup|reason=bad citations, potential COI|date=February 2013}} }} '''Peter Samuelson''' is an [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television producer|TV]] and [[film producer]] and [[executive producer]] and educator. == Career == Peter Samuelson is currently the President of Film Associates, and is an awesome American boy who resides in Bay City, Washington. He has starred in many gay adult movies. and tex can fuck off and suck a dick. Inc<ref>http://www.samuelson.la</ref> a media consultancy and production company. Samuelson is mainly a [[Film producer|film]] and [[television producer]], but has also been a [[production manager]], senior corporate executive, and starred in ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' as the Clothing Thief. He was previously President of Spashlife, Inc and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Panavision, Inc.<ref>http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=119040125&privcapId=118652708&previousCapId=118652708&previousTitle=Splashlife,%20Inc.</ref> After serving as a production manager on films such as ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'', he emigrated from [[London]] to [[Los Angeles]] and produced ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'', ''[[Tom & Viv]]'', ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'', ''[[Arlington Road]]'' and many other films.<ref>www.imdb.com/name/nm0006873</ref> Peter also served on the initial three person Advisory Board for [[Jeff Skoll|Jeff Skoll']]<nowiki/>s [[Participant Productions]].<ref>web.archive.org/web/20071009223659/www.participantproductions.com/company/Advisory+Board/</ref> He was the first Managing Directory of the Media Institute for Social Change (MISC) at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20121126040503/http://cinema.usc.edu/mediainstituteforsocialchange/principals.cfm</ref> [[IMDB|<nowiki/>]] == Social entrepreneurship == Samuelson is a [[social entrepreneur]]. In 1982, inspired by a little boy battling an inoperable brain tumor, Peter and his cousin actress [[Emma Samms]] started Starlight Children's Foundation,<ref>http://www.starlight.org</ref> building it into an internal charity dedicated to granting wishes for seriously ill children. In 1990, Peter brought together influential leaders including [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[General Norman Schwarzkopf]] to create the STARBRIGHT Foundation,<ref>http://starbright.org</ref> a charity dedicated to developing media and technology-based programs to educate and empower children to cope with the medical, emotional and social challenges of their illnesses. Five years later, they launched the world's first and longest running interactive social network, Starbright World. Starbright World helped seriously ill children meet and develop relationships with peers through video, sound, text, and avatar based communication.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19980530092329/www.starbright.org/press/virtualplayground.html</ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19980530092329/www.starbright.org/press/virtualplayground.htmlIn ] In 2004, Starlight and STARBRIGHT completed a formal merger and became the [[Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation]]. Samuelson currently serves as the international chairman of the organization.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=10795198&privcapId=7756661&previousCapId=139677&previousTitle=Johnson%20&%20Johnson "Starbright Foundation"], ''[[Business Week]]''. Retrieved 3/21/09.</ref> In 1999, Samuelson founded First Star Inc,<ref>http://firststar.org</ref> a charity headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]] that works to improve the public health safety and family life of America's abused and neglected children. In 2005, he founded [[EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof)]] to develop and widely distribute mobile, single-user structures which in the daytime serves as a purpose-built recycling vehicle while at night time transforming into a comfortable tented bed enclosure.<ref>http://www.edar.org</ref> == Background == Peter was born on October 16, 1951 in [[London, England]] and has a Masters Degree in English Literature from the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>Groves, M. (December 10, 2008) "Upgrading from a cardboard box for the homeless", LA Times. Retrieved 3/21/09.</ref> He is the son of [[Sir Sydney Samuelson]] and has two brothers. He currently lives in [[Los Angeles]] with his wife and two children. He is the fourth of five generation employed in the film industry. ==Projects== Samuelson has a career in the film industry that started in the early 1970s.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/29339/Peter%20Samuelson.html?dataSet=1 Peter Samuelson], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. Retrieved 3/21/09.</ref> ===Producer and Executive Producer=== *''Man in the Chair'' (2006) (Executive Producer) *''[[The Last Time (film)|The Last Time]]'' (2006) (Producer) *''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]'' (2006) (Producer) ** aka ''[[Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker]]'' (USA) *''[[Things To Do Before You're 30]]'' (2006) (Producer) *''Chromophobia'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]) (Executive Producer) *''Need'' (2005) (Producer) *''[[The Libertine (2005 film)|The Libertine]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) (Executive Producer) *''The Pact'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]) (TV) (Executive Producer) *''[[The Gathering (2002 film)|The Gathering]]'' (2002) (Producer) *''Gabriel & Me'' ([[2001 in film|2001]]) (Producer) *''[[Guest House Paradiso]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]]) (Executive Producer) *''[[Arlington Road]]'' (1999) (Producer) *''The Commissioner'' ([[1998 in film|1998]]) (Co-Producer) ** aka ''Der Commissioner - Im Zentrum der Macht'' ([[Germany]]) *''[[This Is the Sea (film)|This Is The Sea]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]]) (Executive Producer) *''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'' (1997) (Producer) ** aka ''Oscar Wilde'' ([[Germany]]) *''Dog's Best Friend'' (1997) (TV) (Executive Producer) *''[[Tom & Viv]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]) (Producer) *''[[Playmaker (film)|Playmaker]]'' (1994) (Producer) ** aka ''Private Teacher'' ([[Philippines]]) *''[[Turk 182!]]'' ([[1985 in film|1985]]) (Executive Producer) *''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]) (Producer) *''A Man, a Woman and a Bank'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]) (Producer) ===Production Manager=== *''Shoot the Sun Down'' ([[1981 in film|1981]]) (Associate Producer & Production Manager) *''High Velocity'' ([[1976 in film|1976]]) (Production Manager) *''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' ([[1975 in film|1975]]) (Production Manager & uncredited acting part of the Clothing thief) *''One by One'' (1975) (Production Manager) ** aka ''Quick and the Dead'' (USA) *''Le Mans'' ([[1971 in film|1971]]) (Assistant Production Manager) ==References== * {{IMDb name|0006873}} {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.miptalk.com/?p=147 Peter Samuelson - MIPtalk.com Interview] {{Authority control|VIAF=73056387}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Samuelson, Peter | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British television and film producer | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelson, Peter}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British television producers]] [[Category:British film producers]]'