The University of Arizona Press

Peter Murrieta, the recipient of the Imagen Foundation’s Norman Lear Writer’s Award and Arizona State University’s associate dean for Herberger Institute of Design and Arts–Los Angeles, as well as deputy director at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School, is a multiple Emmy winner known for series like Netflix’s Mr. Iglesias and Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place. Over the last two decades, Murrieta has produced more than three hundred hours of television, including hit shows One Day at a Time (Netflix), Lopez (TV Land), Superior Donuts (CBS), and Cristela (ABC). Murrieta, who is Mexican American, created the acclaimed WB series Greetings from Tucson, a groundbreaking series that was one of the first ever to feature a diverse, biracial family, set in Peter’s native Arizona. Murrieta currently has a first-look deal with Universal and is developing an adaptation of the novel Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta, which he co-wrote with novelist Jeffrey J. Marriote.