Pete Jones


Director, Screenwriter

Biography

An up and coming filmmaker who got his big break thanks to the Miramax sponsored competition "Project Greenlight," Peter Jones went from production assistant and insurance salesman to director and screenwriter almost overnight when he was awarded $1 million with which to produce his debut feature "Stolen Summer' (2002)....

Family & Companions

Jenny Jones
Wife
Schoolteacher.

Biography

An up and coming filmmaker who got his big break thanks to the Miramax sponsored competition "Project Greenlight," Peter Jones went from production assistant and insurance salesman to director and screenwriter almost overnight when he was awarded $1 million with which to produce his debut feature "Stolen Summer' (2002).

Life Events

1996

Moved from Chicago to Los Angeles

2001

Was subject of the HBO series "Project Greenlight" which followed the production of the film "Stolen Summer"

2002

"Stolen Summer" screened at the Sundance Film Institute; released in theaters that spring

Family

Molly Jones
Daughter
Born c. 1999.
Murphy Jones
Daughter
Born November 2001.

Companions

Jenny Jones
Wife
Schoolteacher.

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