---
name: "Keir Pearson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keir-pearson"
fi1m_id: "keir-pearson"
imdb_id: "nm0669311"
tmdb_id: 2590
wikidata_id: "Q6383802"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T22:52:21.233593+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."
---

# Keir Pearson

## Identity

Keir Pearson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keir-pearson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keir-pearson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0669311
- **TMDB ID:** 2590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6383802
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Pearson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6383802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2590

Producer. Born 15 December 1966 in San Francisco.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 December 1966, San Francisco
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Pearson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6383802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2590

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)

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## Biography

Keir Pearson is an American screenwriter. Born on 15 December 1966 in San Francisco, he graduated from Harvard University in 1989. He competed for the United States in the quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Pearson wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film *Hotel Rwanda* with director Terry George; the pair received an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film *Cesar Chavez*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Cesar Chavez* (2014), Producer, Writer
- *Here There May Be Tygers* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Chocolate Babies* (1996), Gaffer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2005: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Hotel Rwanda*

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

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/keir-pearson