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'''Peter Rees''' (born 1966){{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} is a film and television writer/ director and producer. He developed the concept and was the executive producer of the television series ]. Rees created, cast, wrote and directed more than eighty episodes, devising and designing all but one experiment. During his time as Executive Producer the series achieved it's highest rated individual episode (Straw through a palm tree), it's highest rated two hour special (Hollywood Movie Myths) and the highest rated shark week special (Shark week 2005). Rees left the show in September 2006 at the peak of its rating success following creative and financial disagreements with the key cast and production company. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiway17.com/news.php?extend.480 title=Myth Byron: Los Gatos' Kari Byron is a member of 'Mythbusters'|work=hiway7.com|date=22 March 2006|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0914/p20s01-altv.html|title=Backstory: The mismatched 'Mythbusters'|author=Carolyn Abate|work=]|date=14 September 2006|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/23/BAGA0FCQ0S1.DTL|title=Ancient death ray not like history books described it|author=Kathleen Sullivan|work=SFGate|date=23 October 2005|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref> '''Peter Rees''' (born 1966){{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} is a film and television writer/ director and producer. He developed the concept and was the executive producer of the television series ]. Rees created, cast, wrote and directed more than eighty episodes, devising and designing all but one experiment. During his time as Executive Producer the series achieved it's highest rated individual episode (Straw through a palm tree), it's highest rated two hour special (Hollywood Movie Myths) and the highest rated shark week special (Shark week 2005). Rees left the show in September 2006 at the peak of its rating success following creative and financial disagreements with the key cast and production company. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiway17.com/news.php?extend.480 |title=Myth Byron: Los Gatos' Kari Byron is a member of 'Mythbusters'|work=hiway7.com|date=22 March 2006|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0914/p20s01-altv.html|title=Backstory: The mismatched 'Mythbusters'|author=Carolyn Abate|work=]|date=14 September 2006|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/23/BAGA0FCQ0S1.DTL|title=Ancient death ray not like history books described it|author=Kathleen Sullivan|work=SFGate|date=23 October 2005|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref>


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For other people named Peter Rees, see Peter Rees (disambiguation).
Peter Rees
Born1966
NationalityAmerican
Australian
OccupationTelevision producer
Known forMythBusters

Peter Rees (born 1966) is a film and television writer/ director and producer. He developed the concept and was the executive producer of the television series MythBusters. Rees created, cast, wrote and directed more than eighty episodes, devising and designing all but one experiment. During his time as Executive Producer the series achieved it's highest rated individual episode (Straw through a palm tree), it's highest rated two hour special (Hollywood Movie Myths) and the highest rated shark week special (Shark week 2005). Rees left the show in September 2006 at the peak of its rating success following creative and financial disagreements with the key cast and production company.

References

  1. "Myth Byron: Los Gatos' Kari Byron is a member of 'Mythbusters'". hiway7.com. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. Carolyn Abate (14 September 2006). "Backstory: The mismatched 'Mythbusters'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  3. Kathleen Sullivan (23 October 2005). "Ancient death ray not like history books described it". SFGate. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

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