Biography
Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 β 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
all 26
Director 26
Movies 20
TV Shows 6
Director
Platypus Cove (1986)
Movie
Director
Fluteman (1982)
Movie
Director
The Highest Honour (1982)
Movie
Director
Mystery at Castle House (1982)
Movie
Director
A Country Practice (1981)
TV
Director
Run Rebecca, Run! (1981)
Movie
Director
Touch and Go (1980)
Movie
Director
Plunge Into Darkness (1978)
Movie
Director
Mama's Gone A-hunting (1977)
Movie
Director
Is There Anybody There? (1976)
Movie
Director
Polly My Love (1975)
Movie
Director
Country Town (1973)
Movie
Director
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)
TV
Director
The Switch (1963)
Movie
Director
Impact (1963)
Movie
Director
Serena (1962)
Movie
Director
Dilemma (1962)
Movie
Director
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
TV
Director
The Desperate Man (1959)
Movie
Director
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
TV
Director
Blind Spot (1958)
Movie
Director
The Buccaneers (1956)
TV
Director
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
TV
Assistant Director
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
Movie
Third Assistant Director
The Cure for Love (1949)
Movie
Second Assistant Director
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Movie
6
Ratings
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1949
1959
1968
1968
1986
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1921-01-23
Deathday2013-04-05 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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