Anthony Peckham

Anthony Peckham wrote the screenplay for the true-life drama "Invictus," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Peckham counts among his previous credits the feature thriller "Don't Say a Word," starring Michael Douglas, and the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries "5ive Days to Midnight," with Timothy Hutton and Randy Quaid.

Peckham grew up in South Africa, and went on to earn a degree in Political Science, Classical History and English at the University of Cape Town. He added an Honors Degree in English Literature, studying the works of Raymond Chandler under Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. In response to apartheid and influenced by Chandler, Peckham left South Africa to study filmmaking in California at San Francisco State University, where he earned an M.A. in Film.

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