Peter Murrieta
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Full Biography
Peter Murrieta, the recipient of the Imagen Foundation鈥檚 Norman Lear Writer鈥檚 Award and Deputy Director at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, is a multiple Emmy-Winner known for award-winning series like Netflix鈥檚 "Mr. Iglesias" and Disney鈥檚 "Wizards of Waverly Place," which notably launched the career of global superstar, Selena Gomez.
Over the last two decades, Murrieta has produced more than 300 hours of television, including hit shows 鈥淥ne Day At A Time,鈥 (Netflix), 鈥淟opez鈥 (TV Land), 鈥淪uperior Donuts鈥 (CBS) and 鈥淐ristela鈥 (ABC). His extensive experience and commitment to creating shows that serve as star vehicles for LatinX actors that also achieve mainstream success, is second to none in the industry. Murrieta, who's Mexican-American, created the acclaimed WB series, 鈥淕reetings from Tucson,鈥 a groundbreaking series that was one of the first ever to feature a diverse, bi-racial family, set in Peter's native Arizona.
More than any other producer in Hollywood, he has developed projects that have contributed to the careers of the industry鈥檚 biggest Latino stars, including Selena Gomez, George Lopez, Gabriel 鈥淔luffy鈥 Iglesias, Cristela Alonzo, Mario Lopez, Justina Machado and the legendary, Lupe Ontiveros, among others.
Murrieta currently has a first-look deal with Universal and is developing an adaptation of the novel 鈥楤lood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta,鈥 which he co-wrote with the novelist, Jeffrey J. Marriote.
