Harley Peyton

Harley Peyton is an American screenwriter and television producer. He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for the 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for his work on the series' third episode.

Biography He went to Harvard and Stanford.

Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the Dave Robicheaux novel Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke into a 1996 feature film. 2009's In the Electric Mist, also featuring Robicheaux (albeit played by Tommy Lee Jones), acted as a sequel, but Peyton was not involved.

Peyton also expanded into television in the 1990s, writing and creating series such as Moon Over Miami and Route 66. Other series Peyton has worked on include Dracula, Reign and Dominion. He scripted the superhero series Three Inches for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series. In 2021, he created Reginald the Vampire for Syfy. It was renewed for a second season but was canceled in 2024.

Filmography Films

Television