---
name: "Peter Buchman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-buchman"
fi1m_id: "peter-buchman"
imdb_id: "nm0118224"
tmdb_id: 4946
wikidata_id: "Q6797931"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 July 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T04:12:17.369064+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 Buchman

## Identity

Peter Buchman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-buchman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-buchman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118224
- **TMDB ID:** 4946
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6797931
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Buchman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6797931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4946

Writer. Born 13 July 1967 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 July 1967, United States
- **Active:** 2001–2008
- **Frequently works with:** [Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/person/benicio-del-toro.md), [Demián Bichir](https://film.one/person/demian-bichir.md), [Laura Bickford](https://film.one/person/laura-bickford.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 58 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 2, History 2, War 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $628m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Buchman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6797931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4946

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Jurassic Park III*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md) (58)
- **Disney+:** [*Eragon*](https://film.one/film/eragon.md) (35)

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

## Biography

Peter Buchman is an American screenwriter. He was born on 13 July 1967.

Buchman graduated from Oberlin College in 1989 and began his career as a playwright. His screenwriting credits include the screenplay for *Jurassic Park III* (2001), the screenplay for *Eragon* (2006), and the screenplays for *Che: Part One* (2008) and *Che: Part Two* (2008). He received a Goya Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for the Che films.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Che: Part One* (2008), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *Eragon* (2006), Fi1m 35, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/eragon.md)
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Che: Part Two* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *Che: Part One* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *Eragon* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/eragon.md)
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)

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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/peter-buchman