---
name: "Peter Ocko"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-ocko"
fi1m_id: "peter-ocko"
imdb_id: "nm0643824"
tmdb_id: 1230854
wikidata_id: "Q7176207"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:00:08.724411+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 Ocko

## Identity

Peter Ocko

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-ocko
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-ocko
- **IMDb ID:** nm0643824
- **TMDB ID:** 1230854
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7176207
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ocko, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7176207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230854

Writer. Born in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2004–2007
- **Also known as:** Pete Ocko 
- **Frequently works with:** [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ocko, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7176207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230854

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Boston Legal*](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Peter Ocko (sometimes credited as Pete Ocko) is an American television writer and producer. He began his career writing for the HBO series Not Necessarily the News and contributed to 1990s comedies including Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Dinosaurs.

Ocko has written for series such as Dead Like Me, Boston Legal, Pushing Daisies, The Office, Elementary, Black Sails and Extant. He created the CBS drama 3 lbs. and served as showrunner and executive producer on Lodge 49; he also created Moonhaven. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work as co-executive producer on The Office.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), Fi1m 76, Writer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Moonhaven* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Lodge 49* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Extant* (2014), series, Writer
- *Black Sails* (2014), series, Writer
- *Divide & Conquer* (2014), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Elementary* (2012), series, Writer
- *Fairly Legal* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *3 lbs* (2006), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Office* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, Writer, Story — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *A Baby Blues Christmas Special* (2002), Writer
- *The Strangler's Wife* (2002), as Locker Room Guy 4, Continuity
- *Baby Blues* (2000), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Weird Science* (1994), series, as Quacking Man · Writer, Producer
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Writer
- *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990), series, Writer, Story Editor
- *Robocop*, series, Executive Producer, Creator

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