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Peter Hedges


Born
in West Des Moines, Iowa, The United States
July 06, 1962

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Peter Hedges is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career.

In 2002 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy. In the same year, he wrote and directed Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, which he dedicated to his mother.
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Average rating: 3.99 · 20,619 ratings · 1,337 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
4.10 avg rating — 17,812 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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The Heights
3.23 avg rating — 1,842 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions
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An Ocean in Iowa
3.43 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions
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About a Boy: The Shooting S...
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3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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Pieces of April: The Shooti...
3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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Imagining Brad and The Vale...
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1998
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Good As New
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Oregon and Other Short Play...
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999
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Baby Anger
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions
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Gilbert Grape: [screenplay]
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“Love is not a feeling.  It's an ability.”
― Peter Hedges
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“In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's green. Stand under it, during a rainstorm, you'll still get wet - that's why it's art.”
― Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
tags: art
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“I have seen God and he is this girl.”
― Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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