# Peter Leto

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{{Short description|American television director and producer}}
{{BLP one source|date=December 2013}}

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'''Peter Herman Leto''' is an American television director and television producer. He is best known for directing work on ''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit)'', in which he also served as a unit production manager, first assistant director, second assistant director, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer.

Besides ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', Leto's other television directing work includes ''[A Gifted Man](/source/A_Gifted_Man)'', ''[Under the Dome](/source/Under_the_Dome_(TV_series))'', ''[Witches of East End](/source/Witches_of_East_End_(TV_series))'',<ref name="NY Times"/> ''[Arrow](/source/Arrow_(TV_series))'', ''[Falling Skies](/source/Falling_Skies)'', ''[Agent Carter](/source/Agent_Carter_(TV_series))'', ''[Designated Survivor](/source/Designated_Survivor_(TV_series))'', ''[Emergence](/source/Emergence_(TV_series))'', ''[Deputy](/source/Deputy_(TV_series))'' and ''[The Equalizer](/source/The_Equalizer_(2021_TV_series))''.

Leto also worked as the second assistant director on the feature films ''[The Last Days of Disco](/source/The_Last_Days_of_Disco)'', ''[Rounders](/source/Rounders_(film))'', ''[Passion of Mind](/source/Passion_of_Mind)'', ''[Boiler Room](/source/Boiler_Room_(film))'' and the ''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' television film ''[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie](/source/Exiled%3A_A_Law_%26_Order_Movie)''.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/395453/Peter-Leto/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101164026/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/395453/Peter-Leto/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=2014 |title=Peter Leto Movies & TV |accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>

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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0504716}}

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