---
name: "Peter Lauer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-lauer"
fi1m_id: "peter-lauer"
imdb_id: "nm0490792"
tmdb_id: 168442
wikidata_id: "Q7175366"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-30T20:33:53.587956+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 Lauer

## Identity

Peter Lauer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-lauer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-lauer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0490792
- **TMDB ID:** 168442
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7175366
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168442

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2000–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Alex Reid](https://film.one/person/alex-reid-1224235.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Claire Scanlon](https://film.one/person/claire-scanlon.md), [Jamie Babbit](https://film.one/person/jamie-babbit.md), [Julie Anne Robinson](https://film.one/person/julie-anne-robinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (4), 2010s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168442

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78), [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81), [*The Mindy Project*](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Peter Lauer is an American television and music video director. He began his career in the 1980s directing music videos, including "Run's House" for Run-DMC, and made his television directorial debut in 1993 with an episode of *The Adventures of Pete & Pete*.

Lauer has directed episodes of numerous series, including *Arrested Development* (2003), *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), *Chuck* (2007), *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), *Young Sheldon* (2017) and *Emily in Paris* (2020). He also directed the Nickelodeon film *Cry Baby Lane* (2000).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Uncoupled* (2022), series, Director
- *Emily in Paris* (2020), series, Director
- *At Home with Amy Sedaris* (2017), series, Director
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, Director
- *Imaginary Mary* (2017), series, Director
- *Younger* (2015), series, Director
- *Manhattan Love Story* (2014), series, Director
- *Happyland* (2014), series, Director
- *Forever* (2014), series, Director
- *Finding Carter* (2014), series, Director, Writer
- *Jennifer Falls* (2014), series, Director
- *Bad Teacher* (2014), series, Director
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Neighbors* (2012), series, Director
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Level Up* (2011), Director
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Free Agents* (2011), series, Director
- *Death Valley* (2011), series, Director
- *Awkward.* (2011), series, Director
- *Fairly Legal* (2011), series, Director
- *The Good Guys* (2010), series, Director
- *Sons of Tucson* (2010), series, Director
- *Human Target* (2010), series, Director
- *The Troop* (2009), series, Director
- *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, Director
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Reaper* (2007), series, Director, Producer
- *Chuck* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Notes from the Underbelly* (2007), series, Director
- *Help Me Help You* (2006), series, Director
- *If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now* (2006), Director
- *Pepper Dennis* (2006), series, Director
- *Kitchen Confidential* (2005), series, Director
- *Wonderfalls* (2004), series, Director
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Director
- *Lucky* (2003), series, Director
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Director
- *Greg the Bunny* (2002), series, Director
- *My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star* (2002), series, Director
- *Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras* (2002), Director
- *Maybe It's Me* (2001), series, Director
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, Director
- *Go Fish* (2001), series, Director
- *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, Director
- *Cry Baby Lane* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Ed* (2000), series, Director
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Director, Producer
- *Strangers with Candy* (1999), series, Director
- *Celebrity* (1998), Second Unit Director
- *Remember WENN* (1996), series, Director
- *The Secret World of Alex Mack* (1994), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), series, Director
- *Way USA!* (1988), Director

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