Peter Werner, who won an Academy Award for a 1976 short film and later became a prolific director of television series such as “Moonlighting” and “Law & Order: SVU,” died Tuesday. He was 76. Werner ...

Peter Werner, Emmy-nominated TV director who won a Best Short Film Oscar in 1977, died suddenly this morning in Wilmington, NC from heart complications following a torn aorta. He was 76. Born in New ...

Peter Werner, an Oscar-winning director known for his work behind the camera on such TV series as “Moonlighting,” “A Different World” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died at age 76. His brother Tom Werner ...