-Who is Lori Lee Peters?
I’m a complex woman who’s still learning about herself. I don’t give up when something is important to me. I love to laugh and banter because in those moments, I’m free, nothing else matters, only pure joy. At random I come up with ideas for products and since working in this industry, I come up with story ideas for film and television. I’ve had many jobs/careers that always dealt with helping people. I share my home with Leo, my canine companion/co-worker and enjoy going on hikes with him. I love where I live because it’s beautiful and I feel safe while living with C-ptsd and derealization.
-Do you remember the exact moment you fell in love with cinema?
After my trauma I would have panic attacks when going to the cinema, and stopped going until after I was married. My ex-husband and I went to see the film Platoon. As we drove out of the theater in silence, we looked at each other and my ex-husband pulled over. Tears came and we sat letting it all sink in. Platoon made me fall in love with cinema. The realism shown struck me to the core. Powerful, moving, and unforgettable and believed Platoon should be required in History classes.
-Tell us about your project “TWO FATES”.
TWO FATES by Kelsey Ann Wacker
Based on the memoir- God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
by Lori Lee Peters
Lodi, California 1970s, Lou Peters appears to be living the American dream. A rising General Motors executive who becomes a respected Cadillac dealer, Lou has built a life defined by ambition, discipline, and devotion to his family.
To his young daughter Lori, he is more than a father-he is her protector, prankster, hero, and safest place in an increasingly confusing world.
But beneath Lou’s success lies a dangerous collision with organized crime when his dealership becomes entangled in a statewide money-laundering operation connected to the Bonanno Mafia family. For Lou, whose childhood dream was once to become an FBI agent, the threat becomes a call to action. Rather than look away, he chooses to risk everything by secretly helping federal authorities infiltrate the criminal network from the inside.
Inside the Peters home, another invisible war is unfolding.
At thirteen, Lori’s life changes forever when a terrifying religious prophecy triggers a profound psychological break. Convinced by her two best friends-the world is ending and God is coming to bring everyone to Heaven. Lori doesn’t want to die and begins living by a secret survival system of rituals, hiding, and obsessive calculations designed to keep herself alive. At the center of her fragile logic is one belief: her father will know what to do. Lou becomes both her emotional anchor and imagined shield against annihilation.
Father and daughter, though deeply bonded, are unknowingly waging parallel wars under the same roof-each trapped in danger, each trying to survive, and neither fully aware of the other’s battle.
Lou’s courage eventually helps federal agents secure the evidence needed to expose powerful Mafia figures, culminating in a critical breakthrough that brings dangerous criminals to justice. After years of risk and sacrifice, Lou survives- but victory is heartbreakingly brief. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Lou dies within a year at just forty-nine years old.
For Lori, her father’s death is more than a devastating loss-it is the collapse of the one person who made survival feel possible. In the aftermath, grief forces Lori to confront all the buried trauma, silence, and psychological scars she carried throughout her youth. Only then does she begin to understand the tragic parallel that defined their lives: while her father was fighting organized crime, she was fighting for her own mind.
In the end becomes Lori’s journey to reveal the truth her father never fully knew and revealing to the world the Hero he truly was.
-Which Director inspires you the most?
Women directors- In particular Greta Gerwig she takes chances and her instinct is spot on.
-What do you dislike about the world and what would you change?
I dislike how divided we have become, especially here at home.
I would eliminate the use of religion as a tool for fear, control, and manipulation. I believe too many people-especially children-have experienced trauma, shame, and fear in its name. I would replace fear-based belief systems with compassion, critical thinking, and respect for one another.
-How do you imagine cinema in 100 years?
If cinema still exists in 100 years, I imagine much of it will be driven by advanced technology and artificial intelligence. Perhaps audiences will look back on human history through stories created with tools we can barely imagine today.
-What is your impression of WILD FILMMAKER?
This is my introduction to Wild Filmmaker. So far I’m pleasantly surprised and intrigued.
