Peter Hewitt was born in 1965 in Brighton, UK. In 1990, he graduated from the National School of Film and Television in England and was awarded the BAFTA Award for his short film The Candy Show. In 1991, the director made his debut in the "big movie", putting in Hollywood the picture "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey". Although it did not achieve as much success as the original film, it made notable box office gains, confirming Hewitt’s reputation as a good director. Then the director was invited to television,
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Peter Hewitt was born in 1965 in Brighton, UK. In 1990, he graduated from the National School of Film and Television in England and was awarded the BAFTA Award for his short film The Candy Show. In 1991, the director made his debut in the "big movie", putting in Hollywood the picture "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey". Although it did not achieve as much success as the original film, it made notable box office gains, confirming Hewitt’s reputation as a good director. Then the director was invited to television, where he shot the first two parts of the fantastic miniseries “Wild Palms”. In 1995, he released a film adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, featuring rising teen movie stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro. Peter Hewitt then returned to England, where he directed The Loan Thieves (1997) and What Happened to Harold Smith? (1999). At the same time, he directed the television adventure film Robin Hood’s Daughter: Princess of Thieves (2001), starring Keira Knightley. In Europe, the next picture of Peter Hewitt was shot - the comedy "Thunder in pants" (2002), and the director also acted as a co-writer of the script. Returning to the United States, Peter Hewitt staged a comedy film based on American comics - "Garfield" (2004), in which the company of the painted sybarite cat with the voice of Bill Murray was made by actors Brekin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt.