Quinton Peeples

Quinton Peeples was born and raised in Texas. After considering a career as a painter, he decided on film school and attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. While there, he wrote the film An Ambush Of Ghosts, which premiered at Sundance in 1993. He has written studio and independent features, television movies and hour-long dramas. Currently he is an executive producer and writer on Marvel’s Runaways. In addition to screenwriting, he has directed two independent features, television commercials, and a web series.

Bad Influence: The Noir Background of The Big Country

By Quinton Peeples

December 6, 2019

This bit of dialogue started everything: Deputy Wendell: This is turnin’ into a hell of a mess, ain’t it, Sheriff? Sheriff Ed Tom Bell: If it isn’t, it’ll do until the mess gets here. It’s from the film version of No Country For Old Men by the Cohen brothers. One of my all-time favorite…