Peter Riva
| Peter Riva | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 11, 1950 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
| Known for | Round the World Flight Program |
Peter Riva (born May 11, 1950, New York City) is an American literary agent and producer. He managed Voyager's "Round the World Flight Program" in 1985. He also produced the United Nations’ event “Only One Earth” (1990), for which he won a Telly Award.
John Peter Riva was born on May 11, 1950, in Manhattan to William Riva, a Broadway and TV set designer, and Maria Riva, the only child of Marlene Dietrich, who was an early TV star (for William Paley, CBS) and Broadway actress. Riva's older brother J. Michael Riva, a production designer, died in 2012. Riva has two younger brothers, John Paul and John David.
Riva attended the prep school Institut Le Rosey for 5 years, and then attended first Carnegie-Mellon University and UCLA Film School. He afterwards was part of the BBC apprentice program where he was a gofer for Ian MacNaughton, producer of the series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Riva is the co-founder of International Transactions, Inc., a literary agency. Riva has worked as a literary agent with his wife Sandra Anne since 1972. He has represented authors like Stieg Larsson (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy), Maria Riva (Dietrich by Her Daughter), Peter Beard,Ake Edwardson, Pieter Aspe, John Enright, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.
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