Max Varnel

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Max Varnel

Directing March 21, 1925

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Max Varnel (21 March 1925 – 15 January 1996) was a French-born Australian film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and Australia. Born Max Le Bozec…

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Z-Cars

Z-Cars

7.3 1962 TV Show
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

6.2 1968 TV Show
Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling

7.3 1959 TV Show
The Evil Touch

The Evil Touch

6.0 1973 TV Show
Father Brown

Father Brown

6.5 1954 Movie
The Magic Box

The Magic Box

6.5 1952 Movie
Interpol

Interpol

6.4 1957 Movie
A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

5.7 1955 Movie
Star of India

Star of India

4.4 1954 Movie
Return of a Stranger

Return of a Stranger

5.5 1961 Movie
Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot

6.7 1953 Movie
Fate Takes a Hand

Fate Takes a Hand

6.8 1961 Movie

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Max Varnel (21 March 1925 – 15 January 1996) was a French-born Australian film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and Australia. Born Max Le Bozec in Paris, France, he was the son of the film director Marcel Varnel. He began his career as an assistant director of The Magic Box (1951) and continued in this role for films including The Card (1952), Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) His directing credits encompass a series of B movies, including Moment of Indiscretion (1958), A Woman Possessed (1958), Top Floor Girl (1959), Web of Suspicion (1959), The Child and the Killer (1959), and Crash Drive (1959). Varnel's television credits include The Vise, The Cheaters, Softly Softly, and The Troubleshooters in the UK, and Skippy, Glenview High, The Young Doctors, and Neighbours in Australia, where he emigrated in the late 1960s.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1976
    McManus MPB

    Movie Director

  2. 1973
    The Evil Touch

    TV show Director

  3. 1968
    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    TV show Director

  4. 1963
    The Rivals

    Movie Director

  5. 1962
    The Silent Invasion

    Movie Director

  6. 1962
    Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

    Movie Director

  7. 1962
    Z-Cars

    TV show Director

  8. 1961
    Part-Time Wife

    Movie Director

  9. 1961
    Fate Takes a Hand

    Movie Director

  10. 1961
    A Question of Suspense

    Movie Director

  11. 1961
    Enter Inspector Duval

    Movie Director

  12. 1961
    Murder in Eden

    Movie Director

  13. 1961
    Return of a Stranger

    Movie Director

  14. 1960
    A Taste of Money

    Movie Director

  15. 1960
    Sentenced for Life

    Movie Director

  16. 1959
    Top Floor Girl

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1959
    Crash Drive

    Movie Director

  2. 1959
    Interpol Calling

    TV show Director

  3. 1959
    Web of Suspicion

    Movie Director

  4. 1959
    No Safety Ahead

    Movie Director

  5. 1959
    The Child and the Killer

    Movie Director

  6. 1959
    The Great Van Robbery

    Movie Director

  7. 1958
    Links of Justice

    Movie Director

  8. 1958
    A Woman Possessed

    Movie Director

  9. 1958
    Moment of Indiscretion

    Movie Director

  10. 1957
    Interpol

    Movie Second Unit Director

  11. 1956
    Odongo

    Movie Producer

  12. 1955
    A Prize of Gold

    Movie Assistant Director

  13. 1954
    Father Brown

    Movie Assistant Director

  14. 1954
    Star of India

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1953
    Rough Shoot

    Movie Assistant Director

  16. 1952
    The Magic Box

    Movie Assistant Director