Peter Medak, born December 23, 1937 in Budapest, Hungary, is a motion picture director and producer.
He is an episodic director for The Wire. He joined the crew as a director for the first season in 2002, helming the episode "The Buys".
Medak worked with The Wire creator David Simon on his earlier series Homicide: Life on the Street. Medak directed six episodes for that series, between 1994 and 1998.
Medak also directed episodes of the HBO drama series Carnivale.
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| Season 1 credits | ||||
| "The Target" | "The Detail" | "The Buys" | "Old Cases" | "The Pager" |
| The Wire" | "One Arrest" | "Lessons" | "Game Day" | "The Cost" |
| "The Hunt" | "Cleaning Up" | "Sentencing" | ||