Peter Spears ( born November 29 , 1965 ) is an American actor , screenwriter and filmmaker . He was born in Kansas City , Missouri , and raised in Overland Park , Kansas . Spears is best known for being a producer on the critically acclaimed 2017 gay coming-of-age romantic drama film , '' Call Me by Your Name '' , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . Spears also directed the controversial parodic short film , '' Ernest and Bertram '' , which portrayed '' Sesame Street '' characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers ; Spears received a cease-and-desist order from Sesame Workshop for copyright violations as a result . Spears helped to develop the television series '' Nightmare Café '' and '' John from Cincinnati ''
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Peter Spears