---
name: "Peter Mehlman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-mehlman"
fi1m_id: "peter-mehlman"
imdb_id: "nm0576442"
tmdb_id: 1216559
wikidata_id: "Q7175838"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:09.203344+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 Mehlman

## Identity

Peter Mehlman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-mehlman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-mehlman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0576442
- **TMDB ID:** 1216559
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7175838
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mehlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175838, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216559

Producer. Born 1 January 1955 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, New York City
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mehlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175838, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216559

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

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## Biography

Peter Mehlman is an American television writer, producer and comedian. He grew up in New York City in a Jewish family and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1977. He began his career as a sportswriter for The Washington Post, later writing and producing the ABC series SportsBeat with Howard Cosell from 1982 to 1984, and then working as a freelance magazine writer for publications including The New York Times Magazine, GQ and Esquire.

In 1989 Mehlman moved to Los Angeles, where he was offered a writing assignment for the new series Seinfeld after submitting a humorous magazine piece. He contributed to the show from its early seasons through its final season in 1998, writing or co-writing numerous episodes and rising to co-executive producer. He received five Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on the series. He later created the short-lived sitcom It's Like, You Know... (1999) and produced the animated series Father of the Pride (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, povichcenter.umd.edu, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Bornebusch i tevefabriken* (2016), series, as Guest
- *Madagascar* (2005), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *Seinfeld: How It Began* (2004), Actor
- *Father of the Pride* (2004), series, Writer
- *It's Like, You Know...* (1999), series, Creator
- *Wings* (1990), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Smelly Passenger, Man in Restaurant, Man in Barber Shop, Pharmacist, Man at Rehearsal · Writer, Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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