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Peter Maxwell
Vienna, Austria
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,…
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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.
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1986
Platypus Cove
Movie Director
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1982
Fluteman
Movie Director
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1982
The Highest Honour
Movie Director
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1982
Mystery at Castle House
Movie Director
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1981
A Country Practice
TV show Director
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1981
Run Rebecca, Run!
Movie Director
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1980
Touch and Go
Movie Director
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1979
Bailey's Bird
TV show Director
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1978
Plunge Into Darkness
Movie Director
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1977
Mama's Gone A-hunting
Movie Director
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1976
Is There Anybody There?
Movie Director
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1975
Polly My Love
Movie Director
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1974
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TV show Director
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1973
Country Town
Movie Director
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1968
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
TV show Director
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1963
The Switch
Movie Director
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1963
Impact
Movie Director
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1962
Serena
Movie Director
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1962
Dilemma
Movie Director
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1961
Sir Francis Drake
TV show Director
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1961
The Long Shadow
Movie Director
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1959
The Desperate Man
Movie Director
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1958
The Adventures of William Tell
TV show Director
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1958
Blind Spot
Movie Director
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1956
The Buccaneers
TV show Director
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1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
TV show Director
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1955
Storm Over the Nile
Movie Assistant Director
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1949
The Cure for Love
Movie Third Assistant Director
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1949
I Was a Male War Bride
Movie Second Assistant Director
