Barbara Peeters

Barbara Peeters, also known as Barbara Peters, is an American director and screenwriter of television and film. She is best known for her collaborations with producer-director Roger Corman on films such as Summer School Teachers and Humanoids from the Deep, and directing episodes of television shows such as Remington Steele and Falcon Crest.

Career Peeters broke into the film industry working in makeup, as a script supervisor, and as a production manager.

An Israeli investor wanted an X-rated sex film, enabling Peeters to turn director with Just the Two of Us (originally titled The Dark Side of Tomorrow). She worked in a variety of capacities for that company, also production managing and second -unit directing. Says Peeters:

We lived like gypsies, sleeping in the hallways when we couldn’t pay rent, sharing a car among five people. I thought I had the best life in the world. I was making movies. What were the other girls I’d graduated high school doing back in Iowa? They were marrying the boy who had the biggest farm. She had a big hit with Summer School Teachers.

In the 1990s, she established her own company, Silver Foxx Films. In 2008, she moved to Oregon and concentrated primarily on making commercials and developing documentaries.

Selected filmography The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969) – costume designer The Gun Runner (1969) – actor Angels Die Hard (1970) – script supervisor Caged Desires (1970) – writer, star The Dark Side of Tomorrow (1970) – writer, director Bury Me an Angel (1972) – writer, director Night Call Nurses (1972) – production manager The Young Nurses (1973) – art director The Student Teachers (1973) – 2nd unit director Soul Train (1973–74) (TV series) – production assistant Summer School Teachers (1974) – director, writer Candy Stripe Nurses (1975) -2nd unit director Moving Violation (1976) – 2nd unit director, stunt co-ordinator Eat My Dust! (1976) – 2nd unit director Starhops (1978) – director, writer Humanoids from the Deep (1980) – director The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) (TV series) – director Matt Houston (1982) (TV series) – director Renegades (1983) (TV series) – director Remington Steele (1984) (TV series) – director Falcon Crest (1984–85) (TV series) – director Shadow Chasers (1985) (TV series) – director