Brad Peyton

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Brad Peyton is a film director and television producer from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador born in 1979. He gained fame with a short film and gothic comedy entitled Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002). He then created and produced the claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone, which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2006.[1] Peyton is currently directing the film The Spider and the Fly to feature Jack Nicholson; Nadia Litz, who played the title character in Evelyn, thus says that Peyton is "going to be the next Tim Burton."[2] One of Peyton's mentors is US actor Tom Hanks.[3]

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  1. ^ Stephen Cole, "Peyton's Place: Inside Brad Peyton's What It's Like Being Alone," CBC.ca, June 26, 2006, URL accessed August 29, 2006.
  2. ^ Rita Zekas, "Warning Powdered coffee creamer is nothing to sniff at," Toronto Star, October 24, 2003, pg. D.06.
  3. ^ Bill Brioux, "Weirdly cool animated show on CBC," Jam! Showbiz: Canoe.ca, June 24, 2006, URL accessed 22 January 2007.

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