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Peter Huls Hunt (December 19, 1938 - April 26, 2020) was an American theatre, film, and television director and a theatrical lighting designer.
Born in Pasadena, California, Hunt began his career as a lighting designer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1958. He became Artistic Director in 1989, a post he held until 1995. In 1969, he helmed the Broadway musical 1776, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his efforts. His next project, Georgy, was less successful, closing after only four performances. He received a second Tony nomination for Goodtime Charley in 1975. His most recent Broadway project was The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1997. He has since directed several benefit shows for the Actors Fund in Los Angeles, including staged readings of Sunset Boulevard and Casablanca.
Hunt's feature film credits include the screen adaptation of 1776 and Give 'em Hell, Harry!. He has directed numerous television movies, including four based on the Hart to Hart series, and episodes of Baywatch, Baywatch Nights, and Touched by an Angel, among others. He was producer-director of four of the feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain Series on PBS including Life on the Mississippi and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Hunt is the uncle of actress Helen Hunt, through his half-brother, director Gordon Hunt. He resides in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former actress Barbette Tweed, daughter of lawyer/civic leader Harrison Tweed. The couple have three children.
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Filmography
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Director 41
TV Shows 23
Movies 20
Producer 1
self 1
Promised Land (1996)
Dead Man's Island (1996)
Baywatch Nights (1995)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Sworn to Vengeance (1993)
Secrets (1992)
P.S. I Luv U (1991)
Grand (1990)
Baywatch (1989)
Leg Work (1987)
I Married Dora (1987)
CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
The Wizard (1986)
Charley Hannah (1986)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
Stir Crazy (1985)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
Sins of the Past (1984)
The Parade (1984)
Masquerade (1983)
The Innocents Abroad (1983)
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983)
Skeezer (1982)
The Mysterious Stranger (1982)
Tucker's Witch (1982)
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)
Bus Stop (1982)
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner (1981)
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981)
Life on the Mississippi (1980)
When She Was Bad... (1979)
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978)
Flying High (1978)
Quark (1977)
Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
Ellery Queen (1975)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)
Adam's Rib (1973)
1776 (1972)
Tony Awards (1956)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1938-12-19
Deathday2020-04-26 (81 years old)
Birth PlacePasadena, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPeter Hunt
AwardsTony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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