---
name: "Peter Barsocchini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-barsocchini"
fi1m_id: "peter-barsocchini"
imdb_id: "nm0058302"
tmdb_id: 40254
wikidata_id: "Q1749107"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:27:21.341013+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."
---

# Peter Barsocchini

## Identity

Peter Barsocchini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-barsocchini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-barsocchini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058302
- **TMDB ID:** 40254
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1749107
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barsocchini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1749107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40254

Writer. Born 1 January 1952 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barsocchini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1749107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40254

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High School Musical*](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Barsocchini is an American screenwriter, author, former journalist and television producer. Born in San Francisco, California, in 1952, he graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in creative writing.

He began his career writing columns on popular music for The San Mateo Times while still at school, later contributing to the Associated Press and Rolling Stone. Barsocchini worked as a producer on The Merv Griffin Show, winning two Emmy Awards, before moving into screenwriting. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the High School Musical series: *High School Musical* (2006), *High School Musical 2* (2007) and *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008). His other credits include *Drop Zone* (1994) and *Vivo* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High School Musical* (2006), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Journey to Bethlehem* (2023), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Vivo* (2021), Story
- *Kally’s Mashup: A Very Kally's Birthday* (2021), Writer
- *Ping Pong Rabbit: The Magic Paddle* (2016), Writer
- *The Passion* (2016), Writer
- *Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure* (2011), Characters
- *Lock and Roll Forever* (2009), Writer
- *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), Writer
- *Viva High School Musical: Mexico* (2008), Original Film Writer
- *High School Musical 2* (2007), Screenplay
- *High School Musical* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)
- *Drop Zone* (1994), Screenplay, Story
- *Tenor By Night*, Screenplay

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