Peter Hewitt

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 Teds Bogus Journey 1991 and The Candy Show 1989 Upon graduating from Englands National Film and Television School in 1990 Hewitt flew to Hollywood with his BAFTA awardwinning short film The Candy Show in hand Once there he called executives from major US 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 Teds Bogus Journey Although not as big a success as the original Bill Teds Excellent Adventure the movie made a profit He turned to TV next directing the first two hours of the miniseries Wild Palms He directed Disneys Tom and Huck in 1995 which was based on Mark Twains The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Hewitt returned to Britain to film The Borrowers loosely based on a childrens 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 Hoods daughter Gwyn Hewitt cowrote the script for his next film Thunderpants It was filmed in the UK