Peter Werner Cause of Death

American film and television director, Peter Werner has died. He died on March 21, 2023, at the age of 76.

Werner died of heart complications in Wilmington, North Carolina.

In 1977, Werner won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for directing the short In The Region of Ice. Since then, he worked primarily directing television amusing a number of television film credits namely, Mama Flora’s Family, Two Mothers for Zachary and others.

His television series credits include Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Different World and others.

Werner’s first wife was Marie Ashton; they later divorced and she remarried Gerard L. Friend. He remarried to Kedren Jones. He is the father of three children.