Peter Maxwell (director)
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Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian
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and screenwriter of television and film.


Biography

He was born in
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, to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Johanna. His family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the
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. After having been posted to India, he returned to Britain to work as an assistant director to
Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)
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 ''Country Town'' is a 1971 Australian drama film directed by Peter Maxwell (director), Peter Maxwell, produced by Fenton Rosewarne and starring Terry McDermott (actor), Terry McDermott, Gary Gray (Australian actor), Gary Gray and Lynette Curran. ...
'' and television series including '' Bellbird'', ''
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'' and ''
A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera/serial which was broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 22 November 1993, and subsequently on Network Ten from 13 April 1994 to 5 November 1994. Altogether, 14 ...
''.


Selected filmography

* '' Blind Spot'' (1958) * '' The Desperate Man'' (1959) * ''The Ghost Train Murder'' (1959) * '' The Long Shadow'' (1961) * '' Serena'' (1962) * ''
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'' (1962) * ''
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'' (1963) * '' The Switch'' (1963) * ''
Country Town ''Country Town'' is a 1971 Australian drama film directed by Peter Maxwell (director), Peter Maxwell, produced by Fenton Rosewarne and starring Terry McDermott (actor), Terry McDermott, Gary Gray (Australian actor), Gary Gray and Lynette Curran. ...
'' (1971) * '' Boney'' (1972 – 1st series: 7 eps. 1973 – 2nd series: 4 eps) * ''
Polly Me Love ''Polly Me Love'' is a 1976 Australian film about a brothel owner's daughter in 1830.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p124 The film was a ratings success and also sold to Canada, Europe and So ...
'' (1976) * '' Plunge Into Darkness'' (1977) * ''
Bailey's Bird ''Bailey's Bird'' is an Australian TV series which was filmed in Asia. It was about a pilot and his son operating a charter operation in South East Asia.Touch and Go'' (1980) * '' The Coast Town Kids'' (1980) *'' The Mystery at Castle House'' (1982) *'' Platypus Cove'' (1983)


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* 1921 births British film directors 2013 deaths Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom British people in colonial India 20th-century British Army personnel British emigrants to Australia {{UK-film-director-stub