Peter Craig

Peter Craig (born November 10, 1969) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for co-writing the screenplays to The Town, The Batman (2022), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), earning an Academy Award nomination for the last.

Early life Craig grew up in Southern California and Oregon. He is one of two children of Steve Craig and actress Sally Field, since divorced. Craig's brother, Eli Craig, is a film director. Peter Craig attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and studied under authors Tobias Wolff and Marilynne Robinson.

Career As a novelist, Craig has written The Martini Shot, Hot Plastic, and Blood Father.

As a screenwriter, Craig debuted with The Town (2010), based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, co-writing it with Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. He then adapted the screenplays for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2 with Danny Strong. In 2016, Craig adapted his own novel, Blood Father, into a film of the same name directed by Jean-François Richet, and then adapted the novel Horse Soldiers, Doug Stanton's nonfiction account of the war in Afghanistan, into the film 12 Strong (2018). In 2021, he wrote the sequel Bad Boys for Life, with Chris Bremner and Joe Carnahan.

In 2022, Craig co-wrote the screenplay Top Gun: Maverick with Justin Marks, Christopher McQuarrie, Ehren Kruger, and Eric Warren Singer, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. That same year he co-wrote the screenplay for The Batman with director Matt Reeves.

Craig also co-wrote the screenplay for The Mother with Andrea Berloff and Misha Green. Directed by Niki Caro, that film is scheduled for release on Netflix on May 12, 2023. Craig has been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Personal life

Craig has been married three times and divorced twice: first to Amy Scattergood, the Los Angeles Times food writer, and then to Jennifer DeFrancisco. He has two daughters with Scattergood, and a son with DeFrancisco. He is currently married to Cristina Esposito whom he wed in 2023, a teacher and PhD candidate.

Filmography Feature films Year Title Writer Producer Notes 2010 The Town 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 2016 Blood Father 2018 12 Strong 2020 Bad Boys for Life 2021 The Unforgivable 2022 The Batman Top Gun: Maverick 2023 The Mother 2024 Gladiator II 2026 Remarkably Bright Creatures

Television Year Title Writer Executiveproducer Notes 2025 Dope Thief Also showrunner; also director, Episode: "Innocent People" Rabbit, Rabbit Also showrunner

Acting credits Year Title Role 1978 Hooper Pete 1988 Satisfaction Mig

Novels The Martini Shot (William Morrow, 1998) Hot Plastic (Hyperion, 2004); (Hachette Book Group USA, 2015) Blood Father (Hyperion, 2005); (Hachette Book Group USA, 2015)