Peter Dukes

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About me

Peter Dukes is a prolific multi-award winning writer and director.

He wrote and directed ESCAPE ROOM, which starred Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Riverdale) and featured Sean Young (Blade Runner, The Alienist). It played theatrically overseas, opened as the number 1 DVD/streamed movie in the UK, was listed by IMDB as one of the top 50 best rated horror films of 2017 and is currently avail nationwide through Redbox and VOD. His spec PORTAL recently released on VOD, starring Ryan Merriman (Final Destination), Jamie Tisdale (From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series) and Heather Langenkamp (of Nightmare On Elm Street fame). He wrote and will co-produce the paranormal horror film SPECTER for Black Widow Prods, he co-wrote and is attached to direct the horror/action film ECHOES IN THE WIND for Veluvana Pictures, his script LITTLE REAPER is in development at Wonderfilms Media and Original Film with Neal Moritz on board, he recently wrote a new horror feature for Benetone Films, and he just recently optioned his paranormal horror/mystery spec, THEY WATCH, to Everything's Fire.
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AWARDS/NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:

THE BEAST - officially named as one of the top scripts in the Emerging Screenwriter Screenplay Competition (2018)
ESCAPE ROOM - opened up as the number 1 DVD/streamed movie in the UK (2017)
ESCAPE ROOM - listed on IMDB as one of the top 50 horror movies of the year (2017)
THE BEAST - semi finalist at this year's Screencraft Horror Screenplay Competition (2017)
THE BEAST - official selection of the LA Screenplay Awards (2017)
LITTLE REAPER - recently recognized by The Black List as one of their top rated scripts (2017)
LITTLE REAPER - quarter finalist at this year's Screencraft Family Friendly Screenplay Competition (2017)
LITTLE REAPER - named one of the top short horror films by Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards nominated program The Horror Happens Radio Show (2016)
LITTLE REAPER - Television rights picked up by Shorts TV, the HD short movie channel (2015)
LITTLE REAPER - Acquired by Harvest Moon Motion Pictures & Television to be included in their VOD series Tales Of Horror (2015)
A GOBLIN'S TALE - Television rights picked up by Shorts TV, the HD short movie channel (2015)
THE NEW WORLD - Television rights picked up by Shorts TV, the HD short movie channel (2015)
THE BEAST - showcased on Crypt TV, Eli Roth's horror network (2015)
SWEET MADNESS - Top 40 on IMDB's list of most popular crime short films, out of over 10,000 considered titles (2015)
DANIEL - Nominated by the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for best horror short film (2014)
THE BEAST - Best Horror Film at the All Things Hollywood Film Festival (2012)
THE BEAST - Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Movie Awards (2012)
A GOBLIN'S TALE - Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (2012)
THE NEW WORLD - Best Sci-fi Film at the Burbank International Film Festival (2011)

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Secondary Job Title	Screenwriter
Job Titles	Screenwriter, Writer, Director, Producer
Years in industry	6+ years