news Peter Hedges directing Jul 6, 1962 63 years Des Moines, Iowa, USA news ✕ loading… add oscars oscars ✕ 1 nomination 2002 WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz About a Boy 10 of 12 films rated IMDb avg 6.9 IMDb median 6.8 RT avg 76% RT median 81% highest rated Sammy 7.9 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 7.7 About a Boy 7.1 Pieces of April 7.0 Dan in Real Life 6.8 Ben Is Back 6.7 The Odd Life of Timothy Green 6.6 A Map of the World 6.5 Little Sister 6.3 The Same Storm 6.2 writing 11 directing 6 acting 2 sound 1 production 1 acting Little Sister → Bill Lunsford Sammy → Matt Redding
