---
name: "Peter Craig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-craig"
fi1m_id: "peter-craig"
imdb_id: "nm0185976"
tmdb_id: 225633
wikidata_id: "Q7173432"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "10 November 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T15:22:24.472787+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 Craig

## Identity

Peter Craig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-craig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-craig
- **IMDb ID:** nm0185976
- **TMDB ID:** 225633
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Craig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225633

Writer and producer. Born 10 November 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 10 November 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** 피터 크레이그, پیتر کریگ, بيتر كرايغ
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 directing, 7 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Strong](https://film.one/person/danny-strong.md), [Elizabeth Banks](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-banks.md), [Francis Lawrence](https://film.one/person/francis-lawrence.md), [Jennifer Lawrence](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lawrence.md), [Jon Kilik](https://film.one/person/jon-kilik.md), [Josh Hutcherson](https://film.one/person/josh-hutcherson.md), [Liam Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/liam-hemsworth.md), [Nina Jacobson](https://film.one/person/nina-jacobson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (3), 2020s 72 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 69 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Thriller 4, Adventure 3, Crime 3, Drama 3, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,713m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Craig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225633

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Town*](https://film.one/film/the-town.md) (77), [*The Batman*](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md) (61), [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md) (60)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dope Thief*](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md) (74)
- **Hulu:** [*Bad Boys for Life*](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md) (68)

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

## Fi1m on Peter Craig

> Peter Craig makes criminals worth spending time with, especially when friendship exposes how frightened they are. We rate his crime writing, though he can be too forgiving of his characters and too fond of complications.

In *Dope Thief* (2025), Ray Driscoll and Manny Carvalho pose as DEA agents in Philadelphia, a fraud with room for both fear and comedy. Craig's instinct is to make us care about the men before adding to their troubles. We warmed to Ray and Manny because Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura let us see how vulnerable they are. Their friendship is funny enough to make us want to stay with them even when the plotting wanders.

Craig came to screenwriting from novels, making his debut with *The Town* (2010), co-written with Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. Its robberies are more exacting than its romance, and that unevenness points to a recurring weakness. Rebecca Hall gives Claire Keesey a credibility the writing does not always supply. Craig and his co-writers lean too hard on Doug's tenderness as a reason to forgive his behaviour. We can believe in the attraction without accepting the excuse.

Adaptation remained central: *Blood Father* (2016) came from his own novel, while *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014) was co-written with Danny Strong. He later co-wrote *The Batman* (2022) with Matt Reeves and contributed to the story of *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022). With so many shared credits, we would be wary of treating every success or failure as his alone.

His story credit on *Gladiator II* (2024) is shared with David Scarpa, who wrote the screenplay. Paul Mescal is given revenge to pursue and too little else to want, though he delivers the speeches with conviction. Lucius is a reminder of what happens when the writing expects a grievance to do all the work of a character.

Creating, writing and running *Dope Thief* gave Craig more responsibility, and he also directed one episode. The eight episodes, edited by J. Kathleen Gibson, Jennifer Barbot, Eric Litman and Billy Rich, lose pace when complications pull attention away from Ray and Manny. Those lulls seldom give the characters useful breathing room. Yet the friendship remains funny and persuasive, enough to make the series worth the trouble. For an evening rather than eight episodes, start with *The Town*.

## Biography

Peter Craig (born 10 November 1969) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He began his career as a novelist with books including *The Martini Shot*, *Hot Plastic* and *Blood Father*.

His screenwriting credits include co-writing *The Town* (2010), adapting *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014) and *Part 2* (2015) with Danny Strong, and contributing to *The Batman* (2022), *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022) and *Gladiator II* (2024). *Top Gun: Maverick* earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also adapted his own novel into the film *Blood Father* (2016) and wrote *12 Strong* (2018) and *Bad Boys for Life* (2020).

In television, Craig created, wrote and showran the 2025 Apple TV+ series *Dope Thief*, directing one episode, and is attached to the upcoming series *Rabbit, Rabbit*.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

### Directed (1)

- *Dope Thief* (2025), Fi1m 74, Writer, Creator, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)

### Wrote (7) — the average rests on these

- *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Fi1m 68, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Fi1m 60, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *The Town* (2010), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-town.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Remarkably Bright Creatures* (2026), Producer
- *Dope Thief* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Gladiator II* (2024), Story — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *The Mother* (2023), Writer
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *The Unforgivable* (2021), Screenplay
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *12 Strong* (2018), Writer
- *Blood Father* (2016), Screenplay, Novel, Producer
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *The Town* (2010), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-town.md)
- *Satisfaction* (1988), as Mig, Sal
- *Hooper* (1978), as Pete
- *The Getaway*, Writer, Producer
- *Rabbit, Rabbit*, series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Logan's Run*, Writer
- *S.T.A.G.S.*, Screenplay
- *Wild Four O'Clocks*, Writer, Director
- *The Remembered Soldier*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Peter Craig (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/10478/gallery-b16522aa8dcd.jpg) Peter Craig (2012) — Deadwood11, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/PCraig.jpg/1280px-PCraig.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Screenwriter, Peter Craig (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/10478/gallery-4caae29bcf53.jpg) Screenwriter, Peter Craig (2021) — Peter Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Peter_Craig_in_2021.jpg/1280px-Peter_Craig_in_2021.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Craig](https://film.one/media/person/10478/gallery-26035416a035.jpg) Peter Craig — Peter Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Peter_Craig_in_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated)

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

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