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Peter Cornwell is a Actor and Director American born on 27 february 1923

Peter Cornwell

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Nationality USA
Birth 27 february 1923
Death 17 march 1999 (at 76 years)

Peter Cornwell is a film director from Australia.

Cornwell got his start working at The Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney, Australia. Cornwell left ABC in order to create Trephine Production Studios, which he used to complete his award-winning short Ward 13, a stop motion animation that enjoyed success at several international film festivals. Ward 13 received the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics at Valladolid, and was short-listed for an Oscar nomination in 2005.

After the success of Ward 13, Cornwell partnered with Gold Circle Films and Lions Gate to direct the psychological horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas and stars Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, and Martin Donovan. It was released in March 2009 and went on to gross over $77,000,000.00 worldwide.

Cornwell is currently in production on the feature film Mercy, an adaptation of Stephen King's short story Gramma, which is being produced by Blumhouse Productions, McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Universal Pictures. Mercy will star The Walking Dead's Chandler Riggs, Super 8's Joel Courtney, and Frances O'Connor.

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Mike Judge
Mike Judge
(1 films)
Alan Parker
Alan Parker
(1 films)
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Filmography of Peter Cornwell (6 films)

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Actor

Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss (2008)
, 1h52
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant, Rob Brown
Roles Cash for Carz Salesman
Rating63% 3.1982253.1982253.1982253.1982253.198225
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) leads a squad stationed in Tikrit during the Iraq War. The film begins with footage from the tour of the squad, explaining they have 28 days before returning to the United States.
Idiocracy
Idiocracy (2006)
, 1h24
Directed by Mike Judge
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Politique, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, White House in fiction
Actors Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Justin Long, David Herman
Roles Car Driver / Townsperson (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2487253.2487253.2487253.2487253.248725
A U.S. Army librarian, Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), and a prostitute, Rita (Maya Rudolph), are selected for a suspended animation experiment on grounds of 'average' appearance, intelligence, behavior, etc. Rita's pimp "Upgrayedd" (Brad Jordan) has been bribed to allow her to take part. The experiment is forgotten when the officer in charge (Michael McCafferty) is arrested for having started his own prostitution ring under Upgrayedd's tutelage. Five hundred years later, Joe and Rita's suspension chambers are unearthed by the collapse of a mountain-sized garbage pile, and Joe's suspension chamber breaks through the wall of Frito Pendejo's (Dax Shepard) apartment, whose occupant expels him.
The Return
The Return (2006)
, 1h25
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Sarah Michelle Prinze, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Sam Shepard, Brad Leland
Roles Tavern Cowboy
Rating47% 2.383812.383812.383812.383812.38381
Joanna Mills (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a travelling rep for a trucking company, is dedicated to her successful career but something of a loner. Since the age of 11 she has been a troubled person, with episodes of self-mutilation and menacing visions. Normally she avoids returning to her native Texas, but agrees to a trip there to secure an important client. During the trip her visions, which take the form of memories of events not from her life, increase in intensity. She sees a strange face staring back at her in the mirror. Her truck radio plays Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams" no matter what station she selects. She stops at the scene of an accident that, on the following day, seems not to have happened. Joanna cuts herself in a bar restroom and is narrowly rescued by a friend. She visits her father, who observes that from age 11 she was "a different girl". The visions continue, becoming both more specific and more threatening, centering upon a menacing man she does not recognize and a bar she has never seen, but a picture of which is in one of her catalogs.
The Life of David Gale, 2h10
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about suicide, Films about capital punishment
Actors Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Rhona Mitra, Matt Craven
Roles College Professor (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.749323.749323.749323.749323.74932
David Gale is a prisoner on death row in Texas. With only a few days to his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half million-dollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news magazine known for her ability to keep secrets and protect her sources. He tells her the story of how he ended up on death row, revealed to the movie audience through a series of lengthy flashbacks.

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Mercy
Mercy (2015)
, 1h19
Directed by Peter Cornwell
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Chandler Riggs, Dylan McDermott, Hana Hayes, Mark Duplass, Frances O'Connor, Joel Courtney
Rating50% 2.5033552.5033552.5033552.5033552.503355
A single mother and her two children George (Chandler Riggs) and Buddy (Joel Courtney) go to help take care of their grandmother who has mystical powers.
The Haunting in Connecticut, 1h32
Directed by Peter Cornwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, Elias Koteas, Ty Wood
Rating58% 2.9030852.9030852.9030852.9030852.903085
In 1987, Sara Campbell (Virginia Madsen) is driving her son Matthew (Kyle Gallner) home from the hospital where he has been undergoing cancer treatments and traumas. Sara and her husband Peter (Martin Donovan), a recovering alcoholic, discuss finding a rental house closer to the hospital. On another hospital visit, Sara finds a man putting up a “For Rent” sign in front of a large house. The man is frustrated and offers her the first month free if she will rent it immediately. On the trip home, Matt is in extreme pain, so Sara drives back to the house, where they stay for the night.