Ronald F. Maxwell

Ronald F. Maxwell

Birth : 1949-01-05, Clifton, New Jersey, United States

History

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ronald F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War epics Gettysburg, 1993 and Gods and Generals, 2003. In 2007, Maxwell optioned the film rights to novelist Speer Morgan's 1979 book Belle Starr. Starr was a legendary female outlaw of the Old West. A New Jersey native, Maxwell attended Clifton High School. He graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film 1970. Fluent in French, Maxwell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald F. Maxwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Ronald F. Maxwell

Movies

Copperhead
Copperhead
Producer
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Copperhead
Copperhead
Director
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Horses of Gettysburg
Horses of Gettysburg
Narrator
Horses of Gettysburg celebrates the forgotten heroes of the Civil War and their critical role in shaping the United States of America that we live in today. Directed by Mark Bussler, producer and director of EXPO - Magic of the White City narrated by Gene Wilder and Gettysburg and Stories of Valor narrated by Keith Carradine, Horses of Gettysburg is a special edition 2-DVD Box Set in the CIVIL WAR MINUTES series.
Gods and Generals
Gods and Generals
Producer
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Gods and Generals
Gods and Generals
Screenplay
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Gods and Generals
Gods and Generals
Director
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Screenplay
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Director
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
The Parent Trap II
The Parent Trap II
Director
Two best friends plot to get their single parents together to stop one of them from moving to New York.
Kidco
Kidco
Director
A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his three sisters (two of which are older) join him in the enterprise. As their sales increase, they draw increased scrutiny from the IRS and state tax board, as well as the large scale competitor who seeks to put them out of business at any cost.
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Director
An aspiring country singer (Dennis Quaid) and his feisty younger sister/manager (Kristy McNichol) struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad. Mark Hamill and Don Stroud also star.
Little Darlings
Little Darlings
Director
Two 15-year old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
Sea Marks
Sea Marks
Director
Tony and Emmy Award winner George Hearn stars as a fisherman in love -- and hopelessly out of water -- in this Broadway Theatre Archive production of Gardner McKay's stage play romance. The rural fisherman's life is turned upside down when he unexpectedly falls for a city girl (Veronica Castang) who works for a Liverpool publisher. But her decision to publish his quaintly worded letters as poetry nets them both a fresh catch of problems.
The Flatwoods Monster
The Flatwoods Monster
Director
A future film about the Flatwood Monster