
Peter Spears (born November 29, 1965) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Spears is best known for winning an Oscar for producing Nomadland (2020), and for producing film Call Me by Your Name (2017). He directed the underground cult-favorite short film Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers, and developed the television series Nightmare Cafe and John from Cincinnati.

CSI: Miami
TV • 2002

Friends
TV • 1994

Quantum Leap
TV • 1989

Matlock
TV • 1986

The Oscars
TV • 1953

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992

Call Me by Your Name
MOVIE • 2017

Cafe Americain
TV • 1993

Something's Gotta Give
MOVIE • 2003

Nomadland
MOVIE • 2021

Some of My Best Friends
TV • 2001

Father of the Bride Part II
MOVIE • 1995

The Love Bug
MOVIE • 1997

The Opposite of Sex
MOVIE • 1998

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
MOVIE • 1992

Sublet
MOVIE • 2020

Cries from the Heart
MOVIE • 1994