---
name: "Janet Peoples"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-peoples"
fi1m_id: "janet-peoples"
imdb_id: "nm0672466"
tmdb_id: 281
wikidata_id: "Q3161925"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:04:40.388434+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."
---

# Janet Peoples

## Identity

Janet Peoples

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janet-peoples
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janet-peoples
- **IMDb ID:** nm0672466
- **TMDB ID:** 281
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3161925
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Peoples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/281

Writer. Born in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Peoples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/281

## Biography

Janet Peoples is an American screenwriter. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 1995 film *Twelve Monkeys* with her husband David Webb Peoples.

Peoples also co-wrote the 1980 documentary *The Day After Trinity*, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. She is credited as the original film writer for the television series *12 Monkeys* (2015–2018). She has been married to David Webb Peoples since 1960.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, Original Film Writer
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *The Day After Trinity* (1980), Writer
- *Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?* (1977), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Hugo Awards 1996: Best Dramatic Presentation (nominated), for *12 Monkeys*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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