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Lawrence "Larry" Peerce (born April 19, 1930) is an American film and TV director whose work includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), and Oscar nominee Two-Minute Warning (1976).
The son of operatic tenor Jan Peerce and talent agent Alice (Kalmanowitz) Peerce, Larry Peerce was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina. He made his directing debut with One Potato, Two Potato, released in 1964 by the distributor Cinema V. The groundbreaking drama about an interracial marriage between a white divorcee (played by Barbara Barrie, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival for the role) and an African-American office worker (Bernie Hamilton) was the first U.S. movie to portray such an interracial relationship.
24 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Holy Joe | Director | Film |
| 1996 | The Abduction | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Christmas Every Day | Director | Film |
| 1995 | In Pursuit of Honor | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1994 | A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story | Director | Film |
| 1993 | Murder So Sweet | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Child of Rage | Director | Film |
| 1989 | Wired | Director | Film |
| 1988 | Elvis and Me | Director | Film |
| 1986 | The Fifth Missile | Director | Film |
| 1985 | North and South | Director | TV |
| 1984 | Hard to Hold | Director | Film |
| 1982 | Love Child | Director | Film |
| 1979 | The Bell Jar | Director | Film |
| 1978 | The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | Director | Film |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Director | Film |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Director | Film |
| 1973 | Ash Wednesday | Director | Film |
| 1972 | A Separate Peace | Director | Film |
| 1971 | The Sporting Club | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus | Director | Film |
| 1967 | The Incident | Director | Film |
| 1965 | The Big T.N.T. Show | Director | Film |
| 1964 | One Potato, Two Potato | Director | Film |
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