Peter Maxwell

Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian director of television and film. He was born in Vienna, Austria, he was born to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Joanna, and his family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the British Army, and after having been posted to India, 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, but by 1967 he had emigrated to Australia permanently, where he directed such films as Country Town and television series including Rip Tide and A Country Practice.[1][2]

Peter Maxwell
Born
Peter Magitai

(1921-01-23)23 January 1921
Vienna, Austria
Died5 April 2013(2013-04-05) (aged 92)
Australia
NationalityAustrian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom/Australia
OccupationFilm and television director, scriptwriter
Years activeUnited Kingdom 1949–1977, Australia 1977–1990

Selected filmography

References
  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | MAXWELL, Peter". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. "Peter Maxwell". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2013.


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