Peter Czernin

Not to be confused with Peter Chernin.

Peter John Joseph Czernin, 11th Baron Howard de Walden (born 1 January 1966), also known as Peter Czernin or Count Peter Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, is a British-born film producer.

The Right Honourable The Lord Howard de Walden
Born	(1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 59)
Other names	Pete Czernin
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	2005–present
Family	Czernin family
Website	www.blueprintpictures.com

Early life and ancestry

Czernin is the only son of Count Joseph Czernin von und zu Chudenitz^[1] (1924–2015) and Mary Hazel Caridwen Scott-Ellis, 10th Baroness Howard de Walden (1935–2024).^[2] He succeeded to the English peerage title of Baron Howard de Walden, which was created in 1597 by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard, a younger son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.^[1]

Career

He is the co-founder of production company Blueprint Pictures with Graham Broadbent.

As a producer, his work includes In Bruges (2008), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), a critically acclaimed film for which he was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards.^[3][4]

Personal life

He married on 17 September 1994, in Cambridge, Lucinda Suzanne Wright (born 1965). They have one daughter and one son:

• The Honourable Audrey Serena Angela (born 1997)
• The Honourable Alexander John Peter (born 1999)^[1]

Filmography

• 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (producer)
• 2022: Lady Chatterley's Lover (producer)
• 2021: A Boy Called Christmas (producer)
• 2021: The Last Letter from Your Lover (producer)
• 2020: Emma. (producer)
• 2018: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (producer) (post-production)
• 2018: A Very English Scandal (TV movie) (executive producer) (post-production)
• 2018: The Mercy (producer)
• 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (producer – produced by)
• 2016: The Last Dragonslayer (TV movie) (executive producer)
• 2015: The Outcast (TV mini-series) (producer – 2 episodes)
• 2015: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (producer – as Pete Czernin)
• 2014: The Riot Club (producer)
• 2012: Seven Psychopaths (producer)
• 2012: Now Is Good (producer – as Pete Czernin)
• 2011: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (producer as Pete Czernin)
• 2008: In Bruges (producer – as Pete Czernin, produced by)
• 2007: Wind Chill (producer)
• 2005: Piccadilly Jim (producer)
• 2004: Gladiatress (co-producer)
• 2001: Happy Campers (associate producer – as Pete Czernin)