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Peter Howitt

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Early life Career Personal life
Filmography
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Awards
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Peter Howitt ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aʊ|ɪ|t}}; born 5 May 1957) is an English actor and film director.

Biography

Early life

Howitt was born on May 5, 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned Fleet Street journalist, who in 1963 broke the infamous Profumo Scandal by getting the exclusive story from call girl Christine Keeler on their illicit affair.

Howitt grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Wyborne Primary School in New Eltham and Colfe's Grammar School in Lee, South London. While in Eltham he was a member of the Priory Players amateur dramatics group. Howitt spent a brief time at Paisley Grammar School in Paisley, Scotland in 1970. He studied at the Drama Studio London in 1976.

Career

Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984–85 series of Yorkshire Television's long-running programme for schools How We Used To Live, where he starred alongside Brookside actress Sue Jenkins. However, he is much better known for playing Joey Boswell in the BBC TV series Bread. In 1998, he wrote and directed his first film, Sliding Doors (1998). Since then, he has directed several films, including Antitrust (2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), and Dangerous Parking (2008). He adapted the latter film from the novel by Stuart Browne, as well as produced and directed it, and played the lead role.

Personal life

Howitt has two children, Luke (born 1990) and Amy (born 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Filmography

Films

Sliding Doors (1998) – writer/director
Antitrust (2001) – director
Johnny English (2003) – director (credited)/writer (uncredited)
Laws of Attraction (2004) – director (credited)/writer (uncredited)
Dangerous Parking (2008) – writer/director/producer/actor (Noah Arkwright)
Reasonable Doubt (2014) – director
Scorched Earth (2018) – director

Television

Stone Cold (1998) – actor
How We Used to Live (1984) – actor
Bread (1986–1988) – actor
Coasting – actor
Civvies (1992) – actor; a Lynda La Plante mini series about Northern Ireland veterans.
The Series (1993) – Christoph Kuyler (S01E14)
Defying Gravity (2009) – actor/director
Radio Rebel (2012) – director
The Fixer (2015) – director

Awards

European Film Award (1998) – European Screenwriter (Sliding Doors)^[1]
Empire Awards (1999) – Best British Director (Sliding Doors)^[2]
Shanghai International Film Festival (2001) – Jin Jue Award for Best Director (AntiTrust)^[3]^[4]
Shanghai International Film Festival (2001) – Jin Jue Award for Best Film (AntiTrust)^[3]^[4]
Tokyo International Film Festival (2007) – Best Director (Dangerous Parking)^[5]

References

1. ^European Film Academy official site, last accessed 21 November 2007
2. ^Empire Awards official site, last accessed 21 November 2007
3. ^¹Shanghai International Film Festival official site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822010925/http://www.siff.com/Archive/en/history_index.htm |date=22 August 2007 }}, last accessed 21 November 2007
4. ^¹Shanghai International Film Festival official site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106032505/http://www.siff.com/Archive/en/history_hj.htm |date=6 November 2007 }}, last accessed 21 November 2007
5. ^Tokyo International Film Festival official site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303161731/http://www.tiff-jp.net/report/daily_en.php?itemid=418 |date=3 March 2008 }}, last accessed 21 November 2007

External links

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