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Peter Kiefer

Writer-at-Large

Peter Kiefer is a Writer-at-Large for The Hollywood Reporter focusing on high-impact, investigative and enterprise features across a range of topics. The award-winning writer puts a particular focus on covering the agencies and studios while also writing broader insider profiles on the industry’s most influential personalities and institutions. His coverage can also veer into politics and real estate. Before rejoining THR earlier, he was a staff writer at The Ankler and before that was a contributing editor at Los Angeles writing several of the most-read stories in the magazine’s long history. He previously worked as real estate and city editor at THR and served as the Rome Bureau Chief for the magazine in the early aughts. He’s a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and an L.A. native.

More from Peter Kiefer

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

Democrats Are in Trouble. Can Jimmy Kimmel Help?

The night of the ABC host's return from a suspension, the Democratic National Committee launched a digital ad campaign focused on Trump's free speech attacks in hopes of regaining donor momentum.

Bob Iger’s Wife, Willow Bay, May Have to Move Her Free Speech Fundraiser  

A fundraiser for Willow Bay's International Women's Media Foundation, planned to take place at the power couple's Brentwood home next month, may have to relocate after her husband yanks Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

Lord of the Rings: Casey Wasserman’s Olympic Odyssey

Can the hard-driving Hollywood scion navigate political land mines, relentless fundraising and a showboating president to deliver Games glory to L.A.?

A Chat With Peter Rice As He Steps In to a New Role: Head of Ceremonies at L.A.’s Olympic Games

LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman revealed that the former Disney executive will oversee content for the city's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Steve Bannon’s Secret Epstein Videos: The Tale of the Tapes (Exclusive) 

He says it’s a documentary. But the 15 hours of footage Bannon shot with Jeffrey Epstein were reportedly training for a '60 Minutes'-style redemption tour that never happened — and paid for by Epstein himself.

Meet the Michael Moore of the MAGA-verse

Banished from Fox News with his boss Tucker Carlson, Justin Wells is back with a buzzy Trump documentary and a button-pushing new production company that wants to create “quality content for conservatives.”

Inside Hollywood’s Succession Wars

A look behind the battle lines of the industry’s real-life Game of Thrones, from the ever-shifting power struggles at Disney to the secret machinations at the top agencies.

Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Sparks Sprawling Legal Battle (Exclusive)

The star's loan-out firm is in a standoff with distributor New Line over its cofinancing agreement.

Trump Finds His Class War Wedge Issue in Hollywood: Movie Tariffs

The industry isn't taking that first "100% tariff" post at face value. And yet, says one IATSE member: “A few years ago, a proposal like this would’ve been 70 percent opposed by the rank and file. Now? It’s split down the middle.”

Warner Bros. Movie Chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy: Don’t Count Us Out Just Yet

With blockbusters 'Sinners' and 'A Minecraft Movie' at their back, the embattled duo hopes they're finally off the hot seat. At least that's what their boss, David Zaslav, assured them: "We took him at his word."

The Incredible Shrinking Studio Chief

High-flying execs are dropping like flies right now — at Amazon MGM, and possibly at Warner Bros. — turning what was once the most coveted job in Hollywood into one of the riskiest.