Ann Peacock Ann Peacock was born and raised in South Africa. After an undergraduate degree in English Literature , Speech & Drama and a Law degree from the University of Cape Town, she
emigrated with her family to Los Angeles. At UCLA she attended a screenwriting course and produced her first work called . Ann's next piece was Goodbye Bafana, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and his prison guard. In 1999 she made her debut on TV writing A Lesson Before Dying for producers Ted Demme and Joel Stillerman, winning the
Emmy for Best Screenwriting. Her career rose in the following years as she wrote many major motion pictures, such as In My Country, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche; A Star Is Born for Warner Bros; Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005), Nights in Rodanthe (2008) starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.
