Brad Peyton

Brad Peyton (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian-born American film director, writer and television producer. He is best known for directing the 2015 disaster film, San Andreas.

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 claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone, which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2006. One of Peyton's mentors is US actor Tom Hanks.

Following the success of Alone, Peyton went on to direct Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore in 2010. In 2012, he directed the hugely 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. Peyton directed Incarnate which was released in Belgium in 2015.

Peyton has since signed on to direct the feature film adaptation of Rampage, as well as the San Andreas sequel; both of which will star Dwayne Johnson, marking their collaboration for a third and fourth time, respectively. In June of 2016 it was confirmed that he had signed on to direct the feature film adaptation of Malignant Man produced by James Wan.

Critical, public, and commercial reception to films Peyton has directed, as of August 16, 2015.