---
name: "Harley Peyton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harley-peyton"
fi1m_id: "harley-peyton"
imdb_id: "nm0679037"
tmdb_id: 15795
wikidata_id: "Q15452856"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:38:08.019604+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harley Peyton

## Identity

Harley Peyton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harley-peyton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harley-peyton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0679037
- **TMDB ID:** 15795
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15452856
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Peyton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15452856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15795

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Peyton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15452856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15795

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Twin Peaks*](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md) (86)

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## Biography

Harley Peyton is an American screenwriter and television producer. He studied at Harvard and Stanford.

Peyton began his career writing screenplays for feature films, including *Less Than Zero* (1987) and *Heaven's Prisoners* (1996). He joined the writing staff of *Twin Peaks* (1990–1991) as a writer and producer, contributing to multiple episodes and receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 1990.

In television, he created the series *Moon Over Miami* (1993) and *Route 66* (1993). His later credits include writing and producing work on *Dracula* (2013–2014), *Reign* (2014–2015), *Channel Zero* (2016–2018), *Project Blue Book* (2019–2020) and *Chucky* (2021). He created *Reginald the Vampire* (2021–2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Twin Peaks* (1990), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Amigos Sem Compromisso* (2024), Original Film Writer
- *Reginald the Vampire* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Chucky* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, Writer
- *Channel Zero* (2016), series, Writer
- *J.L. Family Ranch* (2016), Writer
- *Dracula* (2013), series, Writer
- *Reign* (2013), series, Writer
- *Three Inches* (2011), series, Creator
- *Friends with Benefits* (2011), Story
- *Bandits* (2001), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Gold Coast* (1997), Teleplay
- *Keys to Tulsa* (1997), Producer, Screenplay
- *Heaven's Prisoners* (1996), Screenplay
- *Moon Over Miami* (1993), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Danger Team* (1991), Teleplay
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Less Than Zero* (1987), Screenplay

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