Peter M. Lenkov

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Peter M. Lenkov is a Canadian TV and film writer and producer as well as being an occasional writer of comic books. Lenkov's notable work includes the TV series La Femme Nikita , Hawaii Five-0, 24 and CSI: NY and films such as R.I.P.D., Demolition Man and Son in Law. In comics, he wrote R.I.P.D. and Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained, for which he was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. In 2005, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the hit TV series 24. In 2009, he wrote an episode of CSI: NY for which acclaimed actor Ed Asner was nominated for an Emmy for Guest Star. In 2011, Hawaii Five-0 was awarded Best New Drama at the People's Choice Awards. Other awards include a CAPE Award for Best Drama for Hawaii Five-0, A Media Access Award for his work on CSI:NY and a Huntington Disease Honor for an episode of The District.

In 2010, Lenkov launched his reboot of the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-0 currently airing on CBS and in over 200 countries around the world. He also created "Metajets" and "Kung Fu Dino Posse", two new animated TV shows. Recently released on DVD and Blu-ray is the NBC mini-series Lenkov executive produced entitled XIII, based on the popular graphic novel and video game by the same name. XIII stars Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer. A new cable TV series based on the mini-series XIII will begin airing in 2011. Also in 2011, a feature film based on R.I.P.D. began shooting. R.I.P.D. starred Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, and Kevin Bacon, and was released by Universal in summer 2013. Peter Lenkov has been heralded as one of the best screen writers of his generation, as he is particularly skilled at reviving old television shows and making commercially successful and highly-rated reboots of them.

Lenkov's second comic series Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained was also recently put into development at Universal with Robert Zemeckis attached to direct.

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Credits

Film

Writer

Demolition Man (1993)
Son in Law (1993)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1999)
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002; uncredited rewrites)

Producer

R.I.P.D. (2013)
XIII (2008)
Pursued (2003)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Chairman of the Board (1996)
Jury Duty (1994)
Son in Law (1993)

TV

Writer/producer

Parker Kane (1990)
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1991)
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1994)
The Hunger (1995)
La Femme Nikita (1997)
Level 9 (1999)
Tracker (2000)
The District (2000)
24: Day 4 (2004-2005)
CSI: NY (2005-2013)
XIII (2009)
Metajets (2009)
Kung Fu Dino Posse (2009)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010-present)
MacGyver (2016-present)

Writer

Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1991)
Parker Kane (1991)
Ghost Stories (1997)
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998)
The Hunger (1999)

Comics

Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (with Frazer Irving, 4 part mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 2003 ISBN 1-56971-781-8 Titan Books, 2003 ISBN 1-84023-579-9)
R.I.P.D. 2001