Peter Lyle Algiers is an American director and screenwriter. He was born and raised in Burbank, California. The youngest of 7, Peter was deemed a prodigy at a young age when it was discovered that he could recite all of the presidents by memory at the age of 2. Peter was always considered to be very intelligent in spite of getting average grades in school. He quickly developed a love for film when he started studying historic and culturally significant movies at the age of 10. By the age of 16, he was a self-made film-historian. Around this time, Peter developed a love for music, teaching himself how to play the piano and writing his own songs.