Peter Blake is an American lawyer, screenwriter and television producer for such shows as ''

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'' and '' House, MD''.

Early life

Blake, the grandson and nephew, respectively, of the writers

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and Julie Hayden, was raised in New York City and attended

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. He attended

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, where he majored in history and literature and later returned to earn his J.D. degree from

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. After graduating from Harvard Law in 1995, Blake worked briefly as a lawyer and then as a management consultant before moving to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment industry. After spending several years working as a feature film development executive, Blake started writing for TV.

Screenwriting career

Blake wrote for the legal drama ''

'' from 2000 to 2004. He was nominated for two

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from the

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for his teleplays and won in 2004 for the episode "Goodbye". From 2004 to 2012, Blake was a writer and eventually Executive Producer for the Fox TV series '' House, MD.'' He was nominated for three

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for producing ''

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''. He won the PEN/USA award for best teleplay for the episode "The Tyrant", was nominated for a

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for the episode "Everybody Dies" and was nominated for both the Humanitas and the Writers' Guild Award for the episode "Help Me". Blake wrote for the first season of CBS's ''

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,'' where he was nominated for an

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for the episode "Child Predator". Blake and his ''

'' colleague,

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, wrote and directed "The Waindow" episode of the web series ''Wainy Days''. He has also written for the series '' Billions'' and '' Gotham'', and consulted on ''

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''. Blake created the Mexican series ''El Candidato'' which premiered on Amazon Prime in July 2020.

Personal life

Blake is married to producer Jennifer Goyne and lives in Los Angeles.

References

External links

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