Bios
Peter Gordon Donald has managed bands such as Philpot (
www.philpotmusic.com), Mark Johnson and the Wild Alligators, and Travis Meeks (Days Of The New) He also provides artist support to entertainers such as Drew Zingg (Steely Dan). In 2005 he executive produced records by Audrey Tucker, Mark Johnson and Philpot: he also wrote the documentary-reality tv show
Halfway Home, a Jamie Bruce/Allan Kaufman production. Over the years, Peter has worked in many forms of media. He attended Princeton University; he wrote his thesis on ACLU founder Roger Baldwin. Peter worked at The New York Times Co., Time Inc.
, 13-30 Corp./Whittle Communications, and New York University, where he was a speechwriter for Indiana Congressman/House Majority Whip turned NYU President John Brademas. He was Director of Program Development at Fox Television Stations Productions (
Cops,
America's Most Wanted). In TV he worked for (or was influenced by) Stephen Chao, Darius James, Melvin van Peebles.
At Fox he made the reality pilot
The Kindness of Strangers (aka No Strings Attached) with Mel Stuart (
Willie Wonka w/ Gene Wilder,
Wattstax) and Toby Moffett. Peter has written for magazines and newspapers such as
Rolling Stone ("Last Words: Roger Nash Baldwin", photographed by Richard Avedon),
Vanity Fair (profile of Beatles producer George Martin and Air Studios Montserrat),
New York (profiles of aritst/cartographer Candy Jernigan and evangelist Nancy DeMoss "Sermons and Soda Water"),
Entertainment Weekly,
The New York Observer (Rush Limbaugh's draft card),
The Soho Weekly News,
Mother Jones. and
The Palm Beach Post He founded Applehead in 2004. Currently he is writing the film
Lexington. Peter has a son, Peter Townsend Donald. They are from New York City.
Sara Reilly grew up in New York and was educated in Ireland and at the HB Studio in New York City. She has been a shop steward and union auditor. She met Peter at the King Cole Room of the St. Regis, where she used to hold court at CAA East.
Mary Reilly Nichols attended
Nightingale-Bamford School
in New York City and Harvard University. She had formative experiences in India and is now a writer and yoga Instructor in New York. Her degree is in Anthropology. She is writing a movie about Aaron Burr. Sara and Mary are descendants of Aaron Burr, who like Al Gore, won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College. Burr is a greatly misunderstood American known to most as that guy in the Weehawken duel with Alexander Hamilton.
Representation:
Peter Rosenthal, Esq. Roberts & Ritholz, New York City
Peter Sawyer, Fifi Oscard Agency, (Film and TV)
Melanie Jackson, Melanie Jackson Agency (Literary)
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