Peter Czernin

Count Peter John Joseph Czernin von und zu Chudenitz is a British-born film producer.

The Honourable

Peter Czernin
Born (1966-01-01) January 1, 1966[1]
Other namesPete Czernin
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2005–present
Websitewww.blueprintpictures.com

Early life and ancestry

Count Peter is the only son of Austro-Hungarian Count Jozef Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (9 August 1924 - 13 April 2015) and Honourable Mary Hazel Caridwen Scott-Ellis, 10th Baroness Howard de Walden (b.12 August 1935). His parents are 6th cousins once removed as both descended from Johann Heinrich Sigismund Friedrich, Count von Khevenhüller (1666-1742) and his second wife Ernestine Ursula Leopoldine, Countess von Orsini und Rosenberg (1683-1728). He is the heir apparent to the English peerage title of Baron Howard de Walden created in 1597 by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk.[1]

Personal life

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

  • Audrey Serena Angela, Gräfin Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (b.1997)
  • Alexander John Peter, Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (b.1999)

Professional work

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[2] for which he was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards.[3]

Filmography

References
  1. The Peerage
  2. "The story behind 'Three Billboards' production company Blueprint Pictures". Screen. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Hazel Czernin		 Line of succession to the Howard de Walden Barony
1st position		 Succeeded by
Alexander Czernin
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