John H Peters was born on June 2,1945 and is an American film producer and former hairdresser.
17 Facts About Jon Peters
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Jon Peters produced both Streisand's studio album ButterFly and her remake of A Star Is Born, after being introduced through and working with Mengers.
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Jon Peters later worked alongside producer Peter Guber for the next ten years, with whom he headed Sony Pictures from 1989 until 1991.
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Jon Peters eventually left Sony to start his own production company, Jon Peters Entertainment, in 1991 initially with an exclusive three-year deal at Sony, but eventually going to non-exclusive and adding another non-exclusive deal at Warner Bros.
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Jon Peters later produced the 1999 film Wild Wild West, the finale of which featured a giant mechanical spider.
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Smith met Jon Peters after completing a script, and said Jon Peters suggested he include a robot sidekick for Brainiac, a fight scene between Brainiac and polar bears and a marketable "space dog" pet similar to the Star Wars character Chewbacca.
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Jon Peters says that he was banned from the Man of Steel set by producer Christopher Nolan because "my reputation scares these guys".
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Jon Peters was a producer for a planned adaptation of the Sandman comics for Warner Bros.
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Jon Peters submitted a book proposal for his autobiography, which was self-written alongside Los Angeles writer William Stadiem.
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Jon Peters has four children from his marriages, the three older of whom are in the entertainment industry.
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In May 1967, the year following his first divorce, Jon Peters married actress Lesley Ann Warren, with whom he had his son Christopher.
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Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters had a high-profile personal and business relationship from 1973 to 1982.
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Jon Peters married his third wife, producer Christine Forsyth, in June 1987.
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Jon Peters did not file for divorce until 1993 and later filed a request for her to leave the Bel-Air estate in 2006.
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In 1994, Jon Peters met Mindy Williamson, a breeder of Arabian horses, who was to become his fourth wife in 2001.
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Jon Peters reportedly became engaged to actress Julia Bernheim in February 2020.
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Jon Peters is portrayed by Bradley Cooper in the 2021 Paul Thomas Anderson film, Licorice Pizza.