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Peter Hewitt is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 9 october 1962 at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Peter Hewitt (born 1962, Brighton, England) is a British film director. Hewitt is a comic book fan and wanted to direct the Judge Dredd movie in the early 1990s.
Upon graduating from England's National Film and Television School in 1990, Hewitt flew to Hollywood with his BAFTA award-winning short film, The Candy Show, in hand. Once there, he called executives from major U.S. studios and asked if he could show them his film. Soon after, he landed an agent and made his feature film directorial debut with Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Although not as big a success as the original, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the movie made a profit.
He turned to TV next, directing the first two hours of the mini-series Wild Palms. He directed Disney's Tom and Huck in 1995 which was based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hewitt returned to Britain to film The Borrowers, based on a children's novel by Mary Norton of the same name. He remained in England to helm Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), then tried his hand at TV work again with The Princess of Thieves (2001), filmed in Romania but featuring a mostly British cast, including a young Keira Knightley as Robin Hood's daughter, Gwyn.
Hewitt co-wrote the script for his next film, Thunderpants. It was filmed in London and Albany, New York.
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Peter Hewitt (born 1962, Brighton, England) is a British film director. Hewitt is a comic book fan and wanted to direct the Judge Dredd movie in the early 1990s.
Upon graduating from England's National Film and Television School in 1990, Hewitt flew to Hollywood with his BAFTA award-winning short film, The Candy Show, in hand. Once there, he called executives from major U.S. studios and asked if he could show them his film. Soon after, he landed an agent and made his feature film directorial debut with Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Although not as big a success as the original, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the movie made a profit.
He turned to TV next, directing the first two hours of the mini-series Wild Palms. He directed Disney's Tom and Huck in 1995 which was based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hewitt returned to Britain to film The Borrowers, based on a children's novel by Mary Norton of the same name. He remained in England to helm Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), then tried his hand at TV work again with The Princess of Thieves (2001), filmed in Romania but featuring a mostly British cast, including a young Keira Knightley as Robin Hood's daughter, Gwyn.
Hewitt co-wrote the script for his next film, Thunderpants. It was filmed in London and Albany, New York.
Biography
Son film The Candy Show (1989) a été récompensé par la British Academy of Film and Television Arts dans la catégorie Meilleur court-métrage.Best films
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Filmography of Peter Hewitt (14 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? | Director | |
| 2014 | Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? | Director | |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Director | |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist | Director | |
| 2007 | I Want Candy | Author | |
| 2006 | Zoom | Director | |
| 2004 | Garfield | Director | |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | Story | |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves | Director | |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Director | |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | Director | |
| 1995 | Tom and Huck | Director | |
| 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Actor, Director | The Smoker |