Life and career

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 claymation television series What It's Like Being Alone, which was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2006. One of Peyton's mentors is US actor Tom Hanks.

Following the success of Alone, Peyton went on to direct Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore in 2010. In 2012, he directed the hugely successful sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, entitled Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which starred Dwayne Johnson and grossed $325.9 million. In 2015, Peyton directed the disaster film San Andreas, which also starred Johnson. Peyton directed Incarnate which was released in Belgium in 2015.

Peyton has since signed on to direct the feature film adaptation of Rampage, as well as the San Andreas sequel; both of which will star Dwayne Johnson, marking their collaboration for a third and fourth time, respectively.

Filmography

TV and film

Year	Title	As	Notes
2001	Ted	Director	(short)
	Full	Director, Writer	(short)
	Beyond the Fields	Director	(short)
2002	Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl	Director, Writer	(short) Nominated—Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama
2004	Bad Luck	Director, Writer	(short)
	A Tale of Bad Luck	Director, Writer	(short)
2006	What It's Like Being Alone	Director, Writer	(TV series) (also executive producer)
2009	Suck	Executive Producer
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Director
2012	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Director
2013	Republic of Doyle	Director	Four episodes (TV series)
2014	Dr. Dimensionpants	Creator, Executive Producer, Writer	(Animated TV series)
2015	San Andreas	Director
2016	Incarnate	Director	post-production
2017 or 2018	Rampage	Director, Producer
TBA	Journey 3: From the Earth to the Moon	Director
	San Andreas 2	Director

Reception

Critical, public, and commercial reception to films Peyton has directed, as of August 16, 2015.

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	Budget	Box office
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	14% (96 reviews)	30 (22 reviews)	B-	$85 million	$112.5 million
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	42% (125 reviews)	41 (27 reviews)	A-	$79 million	$335.3 million
San Andreas	50% (175 reviews)	43 (42 reviews)	A-	$110 million	$468.8 million
Average	35%	38	B+	$91 million	$305.5 million

[ Source: Wikipedia ]