Peter Hyams worked in Boston then in January 1968 he joined WBBM-TV as an anchorman and reporter to replace Fahey Flynn.
31 Facts About Peter Hyams
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Peter Hyams made his directorial debut with an ABC Movie of the Week for Aaron Spelling, Rolling Man starring Dennis Weaver.
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Peter Hyams worked on it solely as director, with the script being written by the producers.
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Peter Hyams followed it directing another TV movie which he wrote, Goodnight, My Love, about a private eye and a dwarf.
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Peter Hyams optioned a novel Going All the Way which he intended to adapt and direct but it was not made.
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The praise for Goodnight My Love meant Peter Hyams was able to get finance for his debut feature as writer-director, Busting, a buddy cop movie starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake.
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Peter Hyams followed it with Our Time, a romance with Pamela Sue Martin, which he directed only.
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Peter Hyams made Peeper, for the producers of Busting with Michael Caine and Natalie Wood.
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Peter Hyams wrote the script Hanover Street which he could have sold outright but Hyams insisted on directing.
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Peter Hyams wrote the screenplay for the Charles Bronson thriller Telefon, doing a draft for Richard Lester.
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Peter Hyams had written the script for Capricorn One, a number of years earlier.
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Peter Hyams did a rewrite of Ted Leighton's screenplay for the Steve McQueen film The Hunter which he was to direct.
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Peter Hyams wanted to do a Western but was unable to get financing so he then wrote and directed the science fiction cult classic Outland, which starred Sean Connery in a 'High Noon' scenario set on Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
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Peter Hyams directed the thriller The Star Chamber, starring Michael Douglas, rewriting the script.
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For MGM Hyams produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay for 2010, collaborating closely with author Arthur C Clarke.
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Peter Hyams co-authored with Clarke The Odyssey File: The Making of 2010, published 1985, a collection of their email correspondence which illustrates their fascination with the then pioneering medium, and its use for them to communicate on an almost daily basis while planning and producing the film.
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Peter Hyams directed an episode of Amazing Stories, "The Amazing Falsworth".
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Peter Hyams had a hit with a buddy cop film, Running Scared at MGM with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal.
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Peter Hyams followed it with The Presidio, another buddy action film, starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon.
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Peter Hyams had a big hit with the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Timecop.
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Peter Hyams did a horror monster movie called The Relic which received mixed reviews and grossed $48 million at the box office.
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The blockbuster End of Days starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is the highest-grossing film in Peter Hyams' career, grossing over $200 million at the worldwide box-office but was met with negative critical reception.
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Peter Hyams followed with The Musketeer, a new version of the novel by Alexandre Dumas, which was a minor box office success.
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Peter Hyams directed an episode of the series Threshold.
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Peter Hyams contributed the cinematography to his son John's effort, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, the third official Universal Soldier sequel starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.
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Peter Hyams directed the thriller Enemies Closer which began filming in late 2012.
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Peter Hyams was interviewed by Ezra Edelman in the latter's documentary OJ.
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Peter Hyams said he felt particularly betrayed when Simpson continued to insist that he was innocent when Peter Hyams' friend began to voice his doubts about Simpson's innocence.
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On December 19,1964, Peter Hyams married George-Ann Spota, with whom he has three sons.
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Peter Hyams's second son John Hyams is a film director; Peter performed cinematography duties on his son's film Universal Soldier: Regeneration.
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Peter Hyams is known for being his own cinematographer on the movies he directs since 1984.