Directing

Peter Maxwell

Peter Maxwell의 대표작은 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, A Country Practice, Sir Francis Drake, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot입니다. Peter Maxwell은(는) 1921년 1월 23일에 태어났습니다. Peter Maxwell은(는) 2013년 4월 5일에 92세의 나이로 세상을 떠났습니다.

출생: 1921년 1월 23일
출생지: Vienna, Austria
사망: 2013년 4월 5일 (92세)

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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.