Brad Peyton

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Brad Peyton
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Peyton at WonderCon 2015
Born (1978-05-27) May 27, 1978 (age 46)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1999–present

Brad Peyton (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for directing the Dwayne Johnson star vehicles Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), San Andreas (2015), and Rampage (2018) as well as the Netflix series Daybreak (2019).

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Life and career

Peyton was born in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He graduated from the Canadian Film Centre. [1] He first gained fame with a short film and gothic comedy entitled Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002). The film was initially shown to Peyton's classmates, who clapped in approval. Filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa thus suggested Peyton should also show the film to a lawyer in the film industry in New York. This allowed the film to be distributed among the filmmaking elite. Evelyn also appeared in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002.

He then created and produced the surreal claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone , which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for one season in 2006. [2] Reportedly, one of Peyton's mentors was US actor Tom Hanks. [1]

Following Alone, Peyton went on to direct Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore in 2010. In 2012, he directed the successful sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth , entitled Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, [3] which starred Dwayne Johnson and grossed $325.9 million. In 2015, Peyton directed the disaster film San Andreas , which also starred Johnson, [4] and the horror film Incarnate .

Peyton directed the feature film adaptation Rampage (2018), starring Dwayne Johnson, marking their third collaboration. In June 2016 it was confirmed that he had signed on to direct the feature film adaptation of Malignant Man produced by James Wan. [5] [6] [7] On February 10, 2017, it was reported that Peyton will direct, write and produce the upcoming disaster film, Black Hole, which will begin production in early 2018. [8] In March 2017, it was reported that Peyton will be directing a film adaptation of the video game series Just Cause , with Jason Momoa set to star. [9]

In July 2018, it was announced that Peyton was credited as an executive producer, writer, director and co-creator of the Netflix post-apocalyptic comedy series, Daybreak . [10] The series premiered on October 24, 2019. [11]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriter
2001TedYesNo
FullYesYes
Beyond the FieldsYesNo
2002 Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl YesYes
2004Bad LuckYesYes
A Tale of Bad LuckYesYes

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorProducer
2009 Suck NoExecutive
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore YesNo
2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island YesNo
2015 San Andreas YesNo
2016 Incarnate YesExecutive
2018 Rampage YesYes
2021 Sweet Girl NoYes
2024 Atlas YesYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
WriterCreatorNotes
2006 What It's Like Being Alone NoYesNoYes
2013 Republic of Doyle YesNoNoNo4 episodes
2014–2015 Dr. Dimensionpants NoYesYesYes
2015 Pirate's Passage NoNoYesNoTV movie, also producer
2016–2018 Frontier YesYesNoNo
2019 Daybreak YesYesYesYes
2020AlbedoYesYesNoNoMiniseries

Awards and nominations

YearTitleAward/Nomination
2002Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead GirlNominated- Chicago International Film Festival for Best Short Film
Nominated- Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama
2017FrontierNominated- Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

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