PETER SEGAL (Director) had a busy year in 2002. In addition to directing Anger Management, Segal also co-wrote and created the NBC comedy series "Hidden Hills." A USC graduate, Segal made his feature film directorial debut in 1994 with the hit comedy Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult starring Leslie Nielsen. His list of credits include the 2000 blockbuster Nutty Professor II: The Klumps starring Eddie Murphy, the critically acclaimed My Fellow Americans starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd and Lauren Bacall, and the hit comedy Tommy Boy starring Chris Farley and David Spade.
Segal is currently preparing to direct another feature for Columbia Pictures, an as yet untitled romantic comedy reuniting Sandler with his The Wedding Singer co-star Drew Barrymore.
With an extensive career directing for television, Segal has won eight Emmy Awards, a Cable ACE award for Best Director and two National Association of Broadcasters’ Service to Children awards. In 1995 Segal formed Callahan Filmworks, a production company that is currently developing Venus Down, a romantic comedy that Segal is writing with Fred Wolf (Tommy Boy), and Miss America, a romantic comedy.
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