Snell, Peter 1941–

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SNELL, Peter 1941

PERSONAL


Born November 17, 1941.

Addresses: Office British Lion Film Productions, Ltd., Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Rd., Iver, Bucks SL0 0NH, England.


Career: Producer. British Lion Film Productions, head of production and managing director, 197375, owner and chief executive, 1988; affiliated with Robert Stigwood group, 197578; Britannic Film and Television, chief executive, 198586.


CREDITS

Film Producer:

The Winter's Tale, Warner Bros., 1968.

(With Trevor Wallace) Subterfuge, COM, 1969.

(With Joseph Shaftel) Goodbye Gemini (also known as Twinsanity ), Cinerama, 1970.

Julius Caesar, COM/American International Pictures, 1970.

Antony and Cleopatra (also known as Antoine et Cleopatre and Marco Antonio y Cleopatra ), J. Arthur Rank, 1973.

The Wicker Man (also known as Anthony Shaffer's The Wicker Man ), Warner Bros., 1974.

Hennessy, American International Pictures, 1975.

Bear Island (also known as Alistair MacLean's Bear Island ), Columbia, 1980.

Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986.

A Prayer for the Dying, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987.


Also producer of Carnaby 68 and A Month in the Country.

Film Executive Producer:

Mother Lode (also known as The Search for the Mother Lode: The Last Great Treasure ), Agamemnon, 1982.

Squaring the Circle, Metromedia, 1983.

Turtle Diary, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1985.

Treasure Island (also known as Devil's Treasure ), 1990.

Television Producer; Movies:

Some May Live (also known as In Saigon, Some May Live ), 1967.

(With Burt Nodella) The Hostage Tower, CBS, 1980.

Tears in the Rain, Showtime, 1988.

Death Train (also known as Alistair MacLean's Death Train and The Detonator ), USA Network, 1993.

Night Watch (also known as Alistair MacLean's Night Watch and Detonator 2: Night Watch ), USA Network, 1995.

Letters from a Killer, 1998.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

A Man for All Seasons, TNT, 1988.

Treasure Island (also known as Devil's Treasure ), TNT, 1990.

The Crucifer of Blood, TNT, 1991.