Peter Hewitt

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-10-09 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Brighton, England, UK

Peter Hewitt

Biography

Peter Hewitt (b. October, 9 1962, Brighton, England, United Kingdom) is an English film director and writer, known for Garfield (2004) (credited as Pete Hewitt), Thunderpants (2002), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and The Candy Show (1989). 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 a...

Acting

Production

2002

Thunderpants

as Screenplay

2002

Thunderpants

as Director

2001

2009

The Maiden Heist

as Director

1997

The Borrowers

as Director

2006

Zoom

as Director

2004

Thunderbirds

as Story

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33 Liberty Lane

as Director

1995

Tom and Huck

as Director

1989

The Candy Show

as Director

1989

2019

Surprise

as Director

2007

I Want Candy

as Writer

2000

Salsa

as Writer

2019

Surprise

as Writer

2019

Surprise

as Camera Operator

2019

Surprise

as Producer

2019

Surprise

as Cinematography

2004

Garfield

as Director

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