Brad Peyton

Brad Peyton (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for directing the Dwayne Johnson star vehicles Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), San Andreas (2015), and Rampage (2018) as well as the Netflix series Daybreak (2019).

Life and career

Peyton was born in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He graduated from the Canadian Film Centre. He first gained fame with a short film and gothic comedy entitled Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002). The film was initially shown to Peyton's classmates, who clapped in approval. Filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa thus suggested Peyton should also show the film to a lawyer in the film industry in New York. This allowed the film to be distributed among the filmmaking elite. Evelyn also appeared in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002.

He then created and produced the surreal claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone, which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for one season in 2006. Reportedly, one of Peyton's mentors was US actor Tom Hanks.

Following Alone, Peyton went on to direct Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore in 2010. In 2012, he directed the successful sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, entitled Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which starred Dwayne Johnson and grossed $325.9 million. In 2015, Peyton directed the disaster film San Andreas, which also starred Johnson, and the horror film Incarnate.

Peyton directed the feature film adaptation Rampage (2018), starring Dwayne Johnson, marking their third collaboration. In June 2016 it was confirmed that he had signed on to direct the feature film adaptation of Malignant Man produced by James Wan. On February 10, 2017, it was reported that Peyton will direct, write and produce the upcoming disaster film, Black Hole, which will begin production in early 2018. In March 2017, it was reported that Peyton will be directing a film adaptation of the video game series Just Cause, with Jason Momoa set to star.

In July 2018, it was announced that Peyton was credited as an executive producer, writer, director and co-creator of the Netflix post-apocalyptic comedy series, Daybreak. The series premiered on October 24, 2019.

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2001	Ted	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Full	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Beyond the Fields	Template:Yes	Template:No
2002	Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2004	Bad Luck	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	A Tale of Bad Luck	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Producer
2009	Suck	Template:No	Template:Yes
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Template:Yes	Template:No
2012	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Template:Yes	Template:No
2015	San Andreas	Template:Yes	Template:No
2016	Incarnate	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2018	Rampage	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2021	Sweet Girl	Template:No	Template:Yes
2024	Atlas	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Creator	Notes
2006	What It's Like Being Alone	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes
2013	Republic of Doyle	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	4 episodes
2014–2015	Dr. Dimensionpants	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2015	Pirate's Passage	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	TV movie, also producer
2016–2018	Frontier	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2019	Daybreak	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2020	Albedo	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Miniseries

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award/Nomination
2002	Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl	Nominated- Chicago International Film Festival for Best Short Film Nominated- Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama
2017	Frontier	Nominated- Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

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