Peter Douglas Peter Douglas Peter Vincent Douglas (born November 23, 1955) is an American television and film producer, a son of actor Kirk Douglas and his second wife, the German American producer Anne Buydens. Douglas was born in Los Angeles, California. His middle name was given him in homage to Vincent van Gogh, whom his father was playing in the film "Lust for Life" (1956) when he was born. He used it for his production company, Vincent Pictures. Peter Douglas' television production credits include "Inherit the Wind" (1988), for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special, and
Vincent van Gogh (1888), and "Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers" (1888), all intended for the decoration for the Yellow House. Van Gogh wrote that with "The Night Café" he tried "to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime". When he visited Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in June, he gave lessons to a Zouave second lieutenant – – and painted boats on the sea and the village. MacKnight introduced Van Gogh to Eugène Boch, a Belgian painter who sometimes stayed in Fontvieille, and the two exchanged visits in July. When Gauguin agreed to