Directing · geboren 1921-01-23 · Vienna, Austria

Peter Maxwell

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.

Bekannt aus

• Ich war eine männliche Kriegsbraut (1949) – Second Assistant Director
• Skippy, das Buschkänguruh (1968) – Director
• A Country Practice (1981) – Director
• Sturm über dem Nil (1955) – Assistant Director
• Dilemma (1962) – Director
• Der Pirat der Königin (1961) – Director
• Blind Spot (1958) – Director
• Serena (1962) – Director
• Impact (1963) – Director
• Einsatzkommando Seewölfe (1982) – Director
• Die Abenteuer von Sir Lancelot (1956) – Director
• Seeabenteuer (1956) – Director
• The Switch (1963) – Director
• Plunge Into Darkness (1978) – Director
• Die Abenteuer von William Tell (1958) – Director
• Das Geheimnis um Castle House (1982) – Director
• The Cure for Love (1949) – Third Assistant Director
• Fluteman (1982) – Director
• Run Rebecca, Run! (1981) – Director
• Is There Anybody There? (1976) – Director
• Flugboot 121 SP (1979) – Director
• Platypus Cove (1986) – Director
• The Desperate Man (1959) – Director
• Country Town (1973) – Director
• The Long Shadow (1961) – Director
• Polly My Love (1975) – Director
• Mama's Gone A-hunting (1977) – Director
• Class of '74 (1974) – Director
• Die Cash & Carry GmbH (1980) – Director