Peter Lenkov
Biography
Biography
Peter Lenkov grew up wanting to be a comic-book writer. It took him years to finally fulfill his ambition, but along the way he became one of American television's most prolific writer-producers. Lenkov's first big break came by contributing the original story for the Sylvester Stallone sci-fi movie "Demolition Man" (1993). Working steadily as a scriptwriter in TV throughout the 1990s eventually led to an Emmy-nominated stint on "24" (Fox 2001-10) before working as a writer-producer on "CSI: NY" (CBS 2005-10) and developing the reimagining of "Hawaii Five-0" (CBS 2010- ). Lenkov returned to big-budget cinema action in 2013 when his graphic novel R.I.P.D was made into a movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.
Lenkov was born in Montreal and grew-up a massive comic book fan. "We had a huge collection of comic books before my mother decided, after I moved out of the house, to get rid of them," he told MTV in 2013. After writing scripts without much success, he penned the story for "Demolition Man" (1993), a satirical mash-up of futuristic cop movies and over-the-top action. He also got a story credit for his work on the Pauly Shore comedy vehicle "Son In Law" (1993).
After spending much of the rest of the 1990s toiling in mainly unremarkable movies -- including two direct-to-video sequels to the Jean-Claude Van Damme action hit "Universal Soldier" (1992) -- Lenkov's talent for blending action and drama was finally recognized when he landed a regular writing job on the syndicated action hit "La Femme Nikita" (USA 1997-2001) before going on to write and produce the police comedy-drama "The District" (CBS 2000-04), which was based loosely on the life of former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple.
Meanwhile, Lenkov penned two four-issue comic-book miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, R.I.P.D with artist Lucas Marangon, and Fort: Prophet Of The Unexplained, which was illustrated by Frazer Irving and chronicled the fictional adventures of the real-life early 20th century investigator of the unexplained Charles Fort. After "The District" ended, Lenkov joined "24" (Fox 2001-10) in 2005 as a writer for its fourth season.
Lenkov worked on "CSI: NY" (CBS 2005-13) as a producer and writer, but "Hawaii Five-0" (CBS 2010- ) was a more personal project, since Lenkov's father was a long-time fan of the original series. Lenkov developed the rebooted series, contributed stories and was the show's executive producer. In 2013, Universal released a big-budget adaptation of Lenkov's comic book series "R.I.P.D." directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Ryan Reynolds as a recently-slain Boston cop who joins the afterworld's law-enforcement agency, the Rest In Peace Department, in a bid to track down the man who murdered him.
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Writer (Special)
Special Thanks (Special)
Misc. Crew (Special)
Writer (TV Mini-Series)
Producer (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1993
First major credits on "Demolition Man"
2000
Joins the staff of "La Femme Nikita" and pens five episodes.
2005
Joins the writing staff of "24" for its fourth season and pens four episodes
2010
Produces and develops a new version of "Hawaii Five-O"
2013
The film adaptation of his comic R.I.P.D. is released.
