Brad Peyton (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for directing the Dwayne Johnson star vehicles Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), San Andreas (2015), and Rampage (2018) as well as the Netflix series Daybreak (2019). He also directed the Justice for the World film, Justice for the World: Brothers in Arms (2036).
Peyton was born in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He graduated from the Canadian Film Centre. He first gained fame with a short film and gothic comedy entitled Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002). The film was initially shown to Peyton's classmates, who clapped in approval. Filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa thus suggested Peyton should also show the film to a lawyer in the film industry in New York. This allowed the film to be distributed among the filmmaking elite. Evelyn also appeared in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002.
He then created and produced the surreal claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone, which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for one season in 2006. Reportedly, one of Peyton's mentors was US actor Tom Hanks.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Suck | No | Executive |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Yes | No |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Yes | No |
| 2016 | Incarnate | Yes | Executive |
| 2018 | Rampage | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | Sweet Girl | No | Yes |
| 2024 | Atlas | Yes | Yes |
| 2027 | The Black Hole | Yes | Yes |
| 2029 | Just Cause | No | Yes |
| 2031 | Masked Kamen Rider | Yes | Yes |
| 2034 | Mako: A Pacific Rim Saga | Yes | Yes |
| 2036 | Justice for the World: Brothers in Arms | Yes | No |
| 2038 | The Flashpoint Paradox | Yes | No |
| 2045 | Gamera the Impossible | Yes | Yes |
Directorial reception[]
| Year | Title | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Cinemascore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | 13% (99 reviews) | 30 (22 reviews) | B- |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | 45% (133 reviews) | 41 (27 reviews) | A- |
| 2015 | San Andreas | 48% (252 reviews) | 43 (42 reviews) | A- |
| 2016 | Incarnate | 17% (35 reviews) | 30 (9 reviews) | C- |
| 2018 | Rampage | 51% (284 reviews) | 45 (46 reviews) | A- |
| 2024 | Atlas | 17% (65 reviews) | 38 (25 reviews) | |
| 2027 | The Black Hole | 37% (178 reviews) | 47 (31 reviews) | B+ |
| 2031 | Masked Kamen Rider | 59% (293 reviews) | 55 (45 reviews) | A- |
| 2034 | Mako: A Pacific Rim Saga | 45% (302 reviews) | 53 (48 reviews) | B+ |
| 2036 | Justice for the World: Brothers in Arms | 77% (438 reviews) | 61 (63 reviews) | A- |
| 2038 | The Flashpoint Paradox | 84% (486 reviews) | 65 (70 reviews) | A |
| 2045 | Gamera the Impossible | 60% (335 reviews) | 53 (45 reviews) | A- |