Directing

Peter Maxwell

Peter Maxwell的代表作有Skippy the Bush Kangaroo、A Country Practice、Sir Francis Drake和The Adventures of Sir Lancelot。 Peter Maxwell出生于1921年1月23日。 Peter Maxwell于2013年4月5日去世，享年92岁。

出生日期: 1921年1月23日
出生地: Vienna, Austria
逝世日期: 2013年4月5日 (92岁)

简介

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.