Biography
Peter Hewitt (b. October, 9 1962, Brighton, England, United Kingdom) is an English film director and writer, known for Garfield (2004) (credited as Pete Hewitt), Thunderpants (2002), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and The Candy Show (1989). Upon graduating from England's National Film and Television School in 1990, Hewitt flew to Hollywood with his BAFTA award-winning short film, The Candy Show, in hand. Once there, he called executives from major U.S. studios and asked if he could show them...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Surprise
2019
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Mike purchases a faulty camera on the cheap to record his girlfriend's surprise birthday party only for it to stick on record and capture a series of ...
Christmas at the Palace
2018
Director
Katie, a former professional ice skater, is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander, to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance. A...
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
2014
Director
Bella Thorne, Madison Pettis and Ryan Ochoa lead an ensemble cast in this spook-tacular adventure with new ghosts, new thrills, and the return of some...
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
Director
10-year-old Finn is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that ...
The Maiden Heist
2009
Director
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are trans...
I Want Candy
2007
Writer
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, w...
Zoom
2006
Director
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action ...
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
2004
Thanks
A short documentary on the making of the first live-action Garfield movie.
Thunderbirds
2004
Story
Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton),...
Garfield
2004
Director
Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-schoo...
Thunderpants
2002
Screenplay, Director
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becom...
Princess of Thieves
2001
Director
Sherwood forest has a courageous new hero - Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and...
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
Director
It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.
Salsa
2000
Writer
At age 24, Rémi Bonnet, brilliant pianist, abandons Chopin and Toulouse to play the music he has secretly loved for years - Salsa! He heads for Paris,...
The Borrowers
1997
Director
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries a...
Tom and Huck
1995
Director
A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and n...
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
as The Smoker
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicate...
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Director
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicate...
The Candy Show
1989
Director, Writer
Geoffrey loves the Candy Show, it's the only colour in his monochrome world. But when the Candy-Pink's long-suffering lodger, Max Magenta, goes missin...
33 Liberty Lane
N/A
Director
A story of four women who join forces to start a phone-sex company.