Clark Peterson is an American film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 and entertainment executive.

Biography

A graduate of Stanford University, Peterson began his career working in development and production for producer Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

, where he was involved in a number of independent productions. Later he was at the Walt Disney Studios as an executive, and then worked in production at Image Organization, MDP Worldwide, and Interlight Pictures.

In 2003, he produced the film Monster, for which Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate and The Cider House Rules...

 won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Prior to Monster he produced such films as The Watcher

The Watcher (film)

The Watcher is a 2000 American thriller directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader, Keanu Reeves and Marisa Tomei. Set in Chicago, the film is about a retired FBI agent who is stalked and taunted by a serial killer.-Plot:...

with Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...

 and James Spader

James Spader

James Todd Spader is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Crash, Stargate, and Secretary...

, and Table for One starring Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise...

. Other producing credits include documentaries such as My Date with Drew

My Date with Drew

My Date with Drew is a 2004 documentary film starring Brian Herzlinger. Since he first saw E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as a child, he has had a crush on its star Drew Barrymore. Now, more than 20 years later, Herzlinger combines his passions for filmmaking and Drew Barrymore to document his quest...

.

Personal life

He is married to Stacy Rukeyser, a television writer and producer, who is the daughter of Louis Rukeyser

Louis Rukeyser

Louis Richard "Lou" Rukeyser was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television....

 the former host of Wall Street Week.

Filmography

• Rampart
  Rampart (film)
  Rampart is a drama film released in 2011. Directed by Oren Moverman and co-written by Moverman and James Ellroy, the film stars Woody Harrelson and Ice Cube. In the midst of the fallout from the Rampart scandal of the 1990s, dirty LAPD veteran Dave Brown is forced to face up to the consequences of...
  
  (2011)....producer
• Dear Mr. Gacy
  Dear Mr. Gacy
  Dear Mr. Gacy is a 2010 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Svetozar Ristovski, starring William Forsythe and Jesse Moss. The film is based on Jason Moss's memoir, The Last Victim.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)....producer
• Dim Sum Funeral
  Dim Sum Funeral
  Dim Sum Funeral is a 2008 comedy/drama film. It was directed by Anna Chi and stars Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Steph Song and Talia Shire.- Plot :After their mother dies, four Chinese-American siblings return to their Seattle home...
  
  (2008)....executive producer
• Behind the Smile (2006)....producer
• East of Havana
  East of Havana
  East of Havana is a 2006 documentary film produced by South African actress Charlize Theron. The film features three young Cuban rappers: Soandry, Magyori, and Mikki and centers around their experiences in the Cuban underground hip hop scene....
  
  (2006)....producer
• My Date with Drew
  My Date with Drew
  My Date with Drew is a 2004 documentary film starring Brian Herzlinger. Since he first saw E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as a child, he has had a crush on its star Drew Barrymore. Now, more than 20 years later, Herzlinger combines his passions for filmmaking and Drew Barrymore to document his quest...
  
  (2004)....executive producer
• Monster (2003)....producer
• Risk (2003)....executive producer
• Tart (2001)....executive producer
• The Watcher
  The Watcher (film)
  The Watcher is a 2000 American thriller directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader, Keanu Reeves and Marisa Tomei. Set in Chicago, the film is about a retired FBI agent who is stalked and taunted by a serial killer.-Plot:...
  
  (2000)....co-producer
• A Table for One (1999)....producer
• The Landlady (1998)....co-producer
• The Killing Grounds (1998)....(co-producer
• The Night Caller (1998)....co-producer
• Man of Her Dreams (1997)....co-producer
• Wishmaster
  Wishmaster (film)
  Wishmaster is a 1997 American horror film directed by Robert Kurtzman, and is the second film directed by Kurtzman. It was executive produced by Wes Craven—the only film of the Wishmaster series with his name attached....
  
  (1997)....producer
• Stranger in the House (1997)....executive producer
• Cupid (1997)....producer
• The Nurse (1997)....co-producer
• Daddy's Girl (1996)....co-producer
• Dead Cold (1996)....co-producer
• The Wrong Woman (1995)....executive producer
• The Secretary (1995)....co-producer
• Marked Man (1995)....co-executive producer