Peter Maxwell
Age: N/A | From: Vienna, Austria
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
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Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Sir Francis Drake
(1961) Director
A Country Practice
(1981) Director
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
(1968) Director
The Buccaneers
(1956) Director
The Adventures of William Tell
(1958) Director
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(1956) Director
I Was a Male War Bride
(1949) Second Assistant Director
Storm Over the Nile
(1955) Assistant DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1981 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1962 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1961 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1956 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1955 | Assistant Director | |
| 1949 | Third Assistant Director | |
| Second Assistant Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Writer | |
| 1962 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |