Peter Maxwell
Born: 1921-01-23 in Vienna, Austria
Died: 2013-04-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian director and screenwriter of television and film. He was born in Vienna, Austria, to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Johanna. His family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the British Army. After having been posted to India, he returned to Britain to work as an assistant director to Alexander Korda in 1949. He worked briefly in Australia in the early 1960s before returning to England. In 1967 he emigrated to Australia permanently, where he directed such films as Country Town and television series including Bellbird, Rip Tide and A Country Practice.
Filmography
1986
- Platypus Cove ... (Director)
1982
- Fluteman ... (Director)
- The Highest Honour ... (Director)
- Mystery at Castle House ... (Director)
1981
- A Country Practice ... (Director)
- Run Rebecca, Run! ... (Director)
1980
- Touch and Go ... (Director)
1979
- Bailey's Bird ... (Director)
1978
- Plunge Into Darkness ... (Director)
1977
- Mama's Gone A-hunting ... (Director)
1976
- Is There Anybody There? ... (Director)
1975
- Polly My Love ... (Director)
1974
- Class of... ... (Director)
1973
- Country Town ... (Director)
1968
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ... (Director)
1963
- Impact ... (Director)
- The Switch ... (Director)
1961
- Sir Francis Drake ... (Director)
- The Long Shadow ... (Director)
1959
- The Desperate Man ... (Director)
1958
- Blind Spot ... (Director)
- The Adventures of William Tell ... (Director)
1956
- The Buccaneers ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot ... (Director)
1955
- Storm Over the Nile ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- I Was a Male War Bride ... (Second Assistant Director)
- The Cure for Love ... (Third Assistant Director)