Known for Directing
Peter Thorell is known for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and R.I.P.D. (2013). Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 3 nominations total.
Birthplace
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Filmography
29 films, 4 shows


Blackhat
2015 · 2h 13m
country: United States
Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.


The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 · 1h 54m
country: United Kingdom
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.


R.I.P.D.
2013 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.


Men in Black 3
2012 · 1h 46m
country: United Arab Emirates
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.


The Smurfs
2011 · 1h 43m
country: United States
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.


The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.


Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · 1h 44m
country: United States
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.


What Just Happened
2008 · 1h 44m
country: United States
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie starring Sean Penn, while another chief won't greenlight a project unless star Bruce Willis shaves his beard. Meanwhile, Ben tries to reconcile with his wife and maintain a relationship with his young daughter.


Shortcut to Happiness
2007 · 1h 42m
country: United States
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.


Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · 1h 53m
country: United Kingdom
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.


Stay
2005 · 1h 39m
country: Switzerland
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.


Far from Heaven
2002 · 1h 47m
country: United States
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.


Desert Saints
2002 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.


The Business of Strangers
2001 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel.


You Can Count on Me
2000 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.