COTTONTAIL FILMS
PRODUCER · WRITER · CREATOR

Peter Gibson

Twenty-five years producing film, television and brand work for the studios and houses people know by name, and building original stories of my own.

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A woman on a painted horse, in black and white, from the Johnny Hallyday music video JOHNNY HALLYDAY · WARNER BROS. MUSIC
25+
Years in film, TV and brand
200+
Commercials produced
11
TV shows with filmed pilots
14
Screenplays optioned

Selected work

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Saint Laurent, still
Saint Laurent FASHION FILM
Spring 2017 · Dir. Nathalie Canguilhem
Christian Dior, still
Christian Dior FASHION FILM
Balade Sauvage
Range Rover, still
Range Rover COMMERCIAL
Dir. Arnaud Boutin
Mercedes-Benz, still
Mercedes-Benz COMMERCIAL
Dir. Parachutes · Neuland + Herzer
BMW, still
BMW BRAND FILM
BMW + 4CYL
Puma × Trapstar, still
Puma × Trapstar CAMPAIGN
Puma Select · Ph. Caroline Mackintosh
Key art for the 2026 Taurus World Stunt Awards, 25th anniversary
KEY ART · COMMISSION FOR RED BULL
Taurus World Stunt Awards

The official poster for the awards' 25th anniversary, 2026. Twenty-five years of stunt work, one stage.

PRODUCED FOR
Rolex/ Christian Dior/ Saint Laurent/ Ralph Lauren/ Michael Kors/ Marc Jacobs/ Tommy Hilfiger/ Hervé Léger/ BCBG Max Azria/ Lacoste/ Puma/ Mercedes-Benz/ BMW/ Range Rover/ Verizon/ Red Bull/ McDonald’s/ Sony/ Sony Music/ Warner Bros. Records/ Vogue/ GQ/ Marie Claire/ Variety/ Yves Rocher/ Barneys New York/ Playzer
ORIGINALS

Stories we own

Features, series and books created by Peter Gibson, many with longtime writing partner Stephenson Crossley.

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NOVELLA · AUDIOBOOK · FEATURE IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Subtraction
By Stephenson Crossley & Peter Gibson

Revenge is subtraction. In 1869 Colorado Territory, Clara Kane counts seventeen names: the men who burned her parents alive.

“A bracingly sophisticated but highly entertaining tale.” KIRKUS REVIEWS

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The Mountain key art: a red sun and the kanji for mountain above an ink-painted peak
TELEVISION SERIES SOLD · TETON RIDGE & ATOMIC MONSTER
The Mountain

A former sumo champion turned Tokyo police inspector, Yama is sent to Whitefish, Montana, to investigate the murder of a Yakuza gangster found on a desolate prairie.

Created by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley · Teleplay by Gerald Cuesta · Gerald Cuesta & Ingrid Escajeda attached to showrun
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ONE-HOUR DETECTIVE THRILLER PILOT & BIBLE
Immovable

He reads the dead.

Created by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley
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ONE-HOUR CRIME THRILLER · TOKYO PILOT & BIBLE
Mushin

The dumbest tourist in Japan is the most dangerous man in the country.

Created by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley
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HALF-HOUR COMEDY PILOT & BIBLE
Sweet!

The ninth-largest candy company on Earth is run by a family in Bermuda, and by the founder who never left.

Written by Stephenson Crossley & Peter Gibson
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ROMANTIC COMEDY · FEATURE IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Priceless

A fake wedding, a real family, and a layaway ring paid off two dollars at a time.

Story by Peter Gibson & Joshua Wade · Written by Stephenson Crossley & Peter Gibson · Produced by Gudrun Giddings
Solum Anima title card
LIVE EXPERIENCE · LOS ANGELES OPENING 2027
Solum Anima

The experience of dying, designed to make you more alive.

BARDO · Koreatown, Los Angeles
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TELEVISION SERIES
American Garage

Two rogue venture capitalists launch a fund to back America's unlikeliest innovators: teen coders, dropout musicians and garage scientists.

Created by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley
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TELEVISION SERIES
Finding Zen

A washed-up music manager goes looking for his missing pop-star client, and his last shot at a comeback.

Created by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley · Teleplay by Gerald Cuesta
VERTICAL SERIES · CHILDREN'S BOOK
Paws of Faith

The true story of Meow Meow, a rescued cat who became a local-news legend in the early 1980s. Series bible and 60 vertical episodes written; children's book being illustrated.

Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley
MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL
Nothing to Nothing

A thrown-away soccer ball wakes up after a lightning strike and starts a revolution.

Novel by Peter Gibson & Stephenson Crossley · From a story by Charlie Gibson · Based on the screenplay by Stephenson Crossley & Peter Gibson
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PRODUCING
Bugstar, a feature film and graphic novel. Screenplay by Jon Long. Produced by Stephenson Crossley, Peter Gibson, Patrick Given & Zoe Green.
The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-Olsen, book cover
ADAPTATION
The Alphabet House, the #1 international bestseller, in development as a feature.
Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life (1918)
LEGACY
Packaged Charlie Chaplin's art for the estate into a 20-year, $600M+ licensing and distribution agreement.
LOCATIONS

Where it was shot

Location scout for studio features and network series, and for campaigns shot for the world’s luxury houses. Permits, municipal agreements, and days with 5,000 extras.

UPCOMING
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia S18
Mr. & Mrs. Smith S2
13 Going on 30 IN POST
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe 2026
The Dink 2026
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2025–26
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 2025
Chad Powers 2025
Happy Gilmore 2 2025
Suits LA 2025
No Good Deed 2024
The Prom 2020
Mythic Quest 2020
Sylvie’s Love 2020
Ballers 2019
Marriage Story 2019
Jane the Virgin 2019
L.A.’s Finest 2019
Single Parents 2018–19
Homecoming 2018
The Happytime Murders 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox 2018
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Kill Your Darlings
Peter Gibson
ABOUT

I started in production, ran creative for a fashion house's entertainment arm, and never stopped writing.

Peter Gibson founded Cottontail Films in 2011. Before that he was Chief Creative Officer at Area 22, where he built BCBG Max Azria's entertainment division from nothing, and Head of Production at Limelight Films. He has developed work with Robert Towne, Gary Oldman, Lawrence Bender and Paula Wagner, created eleven TV shows with filmed pilots, and optioned fourteen screenplays. He also graduated first in his class at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris.

Writing: Alter Your Perspective, on Substack →