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Peter Debruge at MIFF 2011 Part 1. Peter Debruge. Born in Los Angeles then transplanted to Waco, Texas, Peter Debruge grew up in a household where TV viewing simply wasn’t allowed. To say his parents’ plan backfired would be an understatement. Peter went on to study film at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as entertainment editor of The Daily Texan. After graduating, he moved to New York, where he worked for Entertainment Weekly and AOL Moviefone before relocating to Los Angeles. He now serves as a film critic and features editor for Variety. His reviews and film-related stories have also appeared in Creative Screenwriting, the Miami Herald, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Life.