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Peter H. Hunt

Peter H. Hunt

Director · Died April 26, 2020, aged 81 · Pasadena, California, USA

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 including Life on the Mississippi and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hunt is the uncle of actress Helen Hunt, through his half-brother, director Gordon Hunt. He resides in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former actress Barbette Tweed, daughter of lawyer/civic leader Harrison Tweed. The couple have three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter H. Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 19, 1938
Died
April 26, 2020 (aged 81)
From
Pasadena, California, USA
Works as
Director
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 36% in 30 days

What are Peter H. Hunt's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
36%
Morality
28%
Bonds
20%
Power
11%
Self
7%
Justice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Warm
1
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
1
Joyful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Unsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter H. Hunt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Peter H. Hunt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Scream Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Promised Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Dead Man's Island(1996)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Baywatch Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 32 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Sworn to Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • P.S. I Luv U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Baywatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Leg Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • I Married Dora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • CBS Summer Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Wizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • Charley Hannah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • Stir Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear(1984)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Last Days of Pompeii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Sins of the Past(1984)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Masquerade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Skeezer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • The Mysterious Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • Tucker's Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Bring 'Em Back Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Bus Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Life on the Mississippi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • When She Was Bad...(1979)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Flying High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • Give 'em Hell, Harry! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Stage Director

  • Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • When Things Were Rotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Hello Mother, Goodbye! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Hello Mother, Goodbye! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Adam's Rib (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Producer

  • 1776(1972)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles, 42 of them dated from 1972 to 1998.

Highest rated

1776 (1972)

Midcredits 90th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing42 of 43: 41 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thProducing1 of 43: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 43: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s10 · crew1980s23 · crew1990s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Peter H. Hunt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 6 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Sins of the Past (1984)

77th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

1776 (1972)

Midcredits 90th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Peter H. Hunt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter H. Hunt's MovieCove titles; Arthur B. Rubinstein shares the most, 2.