There’s a story Peter Hedges likes to tell about the moment he knew his son Lucas would be an actor. Young Lucas was in seventh grade, playing Smike in his school’s production of “Nicholas Nickleby” ...

Pieces of April, made by playwright turned novelist turned screenwriter turned director Peter Hedges, could be confused for a compendium reel of someone’s home movies. Shot on digital video using ...

Dan in Real Life is not only a family comedy, it's a comedy about family. Writer-director Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy screenplay; Pieces of April writer/director) talks ...

Lucas Hedges was born in the New York neighborhood known as Brooklyn Heights, the son of an actress and Oscar-nominated writer/director Peter Hedges, who’s made films like ‘The Odd Life of Timothy ...

Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. A son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Hedges began his acting career ...

You may not recall Peter Hedges’ name, but you’ve almost certainly heard of his work. He penned the screenplay for his first novel, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, for director Lasse Hallström, netting ...