T.W. Peacocke

Peacocke was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and raised in Canada and holds citizenship of both the United States and Canada He graduated from Université de Caen France then attended Yale University where he graduated magna cum laude in 1983 He later studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts between 1983 and 1984 Peacocke married British citizen Amanda Pieris in the 2010s Peacocke is wellknown in the Canadian television industry and has directed episodes of Madison Cold Squad Blue Murder Traders and Made in Canada He has won two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Direction of a television series for Made in Canada in 2002 and RentaGoalie in 2007 and a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program RentaGoalie in 2008 He has directed more than 140 episodes of over twentyfive different television series including Rookie Blue Heartland The Border MVP which he also produced RentaGoalie Show Me Yours The Eleventh Hour Blue Murder on which he also served as creative consultant Mutant X Made in Canada Cold Squad Amazon Traders North of 60 The Rez Black Harbour The Crow Stairway to Heaven Jake and the Kid Madison Beast Wars Transformers The Odyssey and Schitts Creek He also directed the fourhour television miniseries Canada Russia 72 for which he received a Best Director Gemini Award nomination He has appeared as an actor numerous times in episodes of RentaGoalie Traders Madison and Canada Russia 72 in which he played the captain of the Soviet hockey team Victor Kuzkin