---
name: "Peter George"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-george"
fi1m_id: "peter-george"
imdb_id: "nm0313570"
tmdb_id: 14250
wikidata_id: "Q251038"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 March 1924"
died: "1 June 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T21:28:34.403577+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 George

## Identity

Peter George

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-george
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-george
- **IMDb ID:** nm0313570
- **TMDB ID:** 14250
- **Wikidata ID:** Q251038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_(author), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14250

Writer. Born 26 March 1924 in Treorchy, Wales, UK. Died 1 June 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 March 1924, Treorchy, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 1 June 1966
- **Active:** 1964–2025
- **Also known as:** Peter Bryant, Peter Bryan George
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_(author), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14250

## Biography

Peter Bryan George (26 March 1924 – 1 June 1966) was a Welsh author and screenwriter. Born in Treorchy, Rhondda, he served as a flight lieutenant and navigator in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, later rejoining as a fighter controller before retiring in 1961. He published crime and thriller novels from the early 1950s, often under pseudonyms including Peter Bryant.

His 1958 novel *Red Alert*, published in the UK as *Two Hours to Doom* under the name Peter Bryant, provided the basis for Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*. George received a co-writing credit on the screenplay with Kubrick and Terry Southern, and shared a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote the official novelisation of the film, published in 1963.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.com, sf-encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Fi1m 93, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove* (2025), Original Film Writer, Novel
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1965: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Dr. Strangelove*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1965: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Dr. Strangelove*

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

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