---
name: "W. Peter Iliff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/w-peter-iliff"
fi1m_id: "w-peter-iliff"
imdb_id: "nm0407717"
tmdb_id: 15304
wikidata_id: "Q113502463"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 November 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:59:41.486930+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."
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# W. Peter Iliff

## Identity

W. Peter Iliff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/w-peter-iliff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** w-peter-iliff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0407717
- **TMDB ID:** 15304
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113502463
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Peter_Iliff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113502463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15304

Writer. Born 19 November 1957 in Dallas.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 November 1957, Dallas
- **Active:** 1991–1992
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Peter_Iliff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113502463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15304

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Point Break*](https://film.one/film/point-break.md) (82)
- **Hulu:** [*Patriot Games*](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md) (61)

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

## Biography

W. Peter Iliff is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Born in Dallas, Texas, he attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and began working in the industry in the early 1980s, including as a runner on the television series That's Incredible!.

He received screenplay and story credit on the 1991 film *Point Break*. His other screenwriting credits include *Patriot Games* (1992), *Varsity Blues* (1999), *Under Suspicion* (2000) and *The Enforcer* (2022). He also wrote for the television series *Tales from the Crypt* and directed *Rites of Passage* (2012). He contributed story material to the 2015 remake of *Point Break*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Patriot Games* (1992), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Point Break* (1991), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/point-break.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Turbulence* (2025), Executive Producer
- *RiffTrax Live: Point Break* (2024), Original Film Writer
- *The Enforcer* (2022), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Point Break* (2015), Story, Original Film Writer
- *Rites of Passage* (2012), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Under Suspicion* (2000), Screenplay
- *Varsity Blues* (1999), Screenplay
- *Blade Squad* (1998), Story, Screenplay
- *Patriot Games* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Point Break* (1991), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/point-break.md)
- *Prayer of the Rollerboys* (1991), Writer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director, Screenplay
- *The Bayou*, Screenplay
- *Ocean on Fire*, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Breakaway Ray*, Writer

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