Peter Cilella is a Los Angeles-based Writer/Director/Actor with two decades of experience in front of and behind the camera.

Peter’s directorial debut, OCCUPANT, a short produced by Rustic Films and financed by Gunpowder and Sky, premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2018 and is currently streaming on the DUST channel on YouTube. He is currently in pre-production on JOSIAH ROAD, a feature based on his original screenplay.

Peter has also worked as a screenwriter, developing projects with directors Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE PATRIOT) and Raman Hui (SHREK THE THIRD, MONSTER HUNT).

In May of 2023, Peter created ONE MORE STORY!, a sleep stories podcast of improvised bedtime stories for kids and exhausted parents.