Ann Peacock

Writing

Ann Peacock

Ann Peacock was born and raised in South Africa where she obtained anundergraduate degree majoring in English Literature and Speech &Dramaand later, a Law degree from the University of Cape Town. After teaching at the University of Cape Town Law Faculty, Ann emigrated with her family to Los Angeles. She won a Prime Emmy Award in 1999 for writing the limited series A Lesson Before Dying.

Known For

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7.12005
MovieAdventureFamily
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
Nights in RodantheNights in Rodanthe · 2008
Nights in Rodanthe
6.22008
MovieDramaRomance
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
The Killing RoomThe Killing Room · 2009
The Killing Room
5.72009
MovieThrillerDrama
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
Kit Kittredge: An American GirlKit Kittredge: An American Girl · 2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
6.52008
MovieFamilyComedy
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
In My CountryIn My Country · 2004
In My Country
5.92004
MovieRomanceDrama
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
The First GraderThe First Grader · 2010
The First Grader
7.12010
MovieDramaHistory
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Pictures of Hollis WoodsPictures of Hollis Woods · 2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods
6.62007
MovieTV MovieDrama
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
A Lesson Before DyingA Lesson Before Dying · 1999
A Lesson Before Dying
5.01999
MovieDrama
In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity.

Filmography

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Kit Kittredge: An American GirlKit Kittredge: An American Girl · 2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
6.52008
MovieFamilyComedy
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.

Screenplay