Peter H. Hunt

Biography

Peter Huls Hunt (December 19, 1938 - April 26, 2020) was an American theatre, film, and television director and a theatrical lighting designer. Born in Pasadena, California, Hunt began his career as a lighting designer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1958. He became Artistic Director in 1989, a post he held until 1995. In 1969, he helmed the Broadway musical 1776, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his efforts. His next project, Georgy, was less successful, closing after only four performances. He received a second Tony nomination for Goodtime Charley in 1975. His most recent Broadway project was The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1997. He has since directed several benefit shows for the Actors Fund in Los Angeles, including staged readings of Sunset Boulevard and Casablanca. Hunt's feature film credits include the screen adaptation of 1776 and Give 'em Hell, Harry!. He has directed numerous television movies, including four based on the Hart to Hart series, and episodes of Baywatch, Baywatch Nights, and Touched by an Angel, among others. He was producer-director of four of the feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain Series on PBS includi…

Directed

1. Baywatch (1989) — Director
2. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Director
3. 1776 (1972) — Director
4. Baywatch Nights (1995) — Director
5. Ellery Queen (1975) — Director
6. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) — Director
7. When Things Were Rotten (1975) — Director
8. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983) — Director
9. The Wizard (1986) — Director
10. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) — Director
11. Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) — Director
12. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
13. Secrets (1992) — Director
14. Dead Man's Island (1996) — Director
15. Promised Land (1996) — Director
16. Sins of the Past (1984) — Director
17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986) — Director
18. When She Was Bad... (1979) — Director
19. Tucker's Witch (1982) — Director
20. P.S. I Luv U (1991) — Director
21. Sworn to Vengeance (1993) — Director
22. CBS Summer Playhouse (1987) — Director
23. Grand (1990) — Director
24. Flying High (1978) — Director
25. Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978) — Director
26. The Mysterious Stranger (1982) — Director
27. The Parade (1984) — Director
28. Charley Hannah (1986) — Director
29. I Married Dora (1987) — Director
30. Stir Crazy (1985) — Director
31. Masquerade (1983) — Director
32. Leg Work (1987) — Director
33. Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974) — Director
34. Adam's Rib (1973) — Director
35. Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner (1981) — Director
36. Skeezer (1982) — Director
37. Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974) — Director
38. Life on the Mississippi (1980) — Director
39. Bus Stop (1982) — Director
40. The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tony Awards (1956) — Self - Nominee