Independent Artist Group Signs ‘Dog Man’ Filmmaker Peter Hastings

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Peter Hastings has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

The news comes following the January release of Hastings’ hit animated feature Dog Man, based on the bestselling book series by Dav Pilkey, which opened at #1 at the North American box office and has so far grossed over $105 million globally.

Hailing from DreamWorks Animation and Universal, Dog Man follows a half-dog, half-human police officer as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Hastings directed from his own script, with Pete Davidson, Poppy Liu, Lil Rel Howery, and Isla Fisher leading the cast.

A six-time Emmy and Peabody Award winner, Hastings previously wrote and produced on several Steven Spielberg series for Warner Bros including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain, which he ran as a primetime series for The WB. He created and produced the live-action/animation hybrid One Saturday Morning for ABC and Disney and also wrote, directed and exec produced multiple shows for Nickelodeon and DreamWorks, including Cat Scratch, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Captain Underpants, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight.

Hastings studied at the Berklee College of Music and wrote and performed in the Groundlings sketch comedy/improv group before starting a career in animation. He continues to be repped by Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.