Peter Cornwell is a film director from Australia.Cornwell got his
start working at The Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney,
Australia. Cornwell left ABC in order to create Trephine Production
Studios, which he used to complete his award-winning short Ward 13, a
stop motion animation that enjoyed success at several international
film festivals. Ward 13 received the FIPRESCI Award from the
International Federation of Film Critics at Valladolid, and was
short-listed for an Oscar nomination in 2005.After the success of Ward
13, Cornwell partnered with Gold Circle Films and Lions Gate to direct
the psychological horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. The film
had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in
Austin, Texas and stars Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, and Martin
Donovan. It was released in March 2009 and went on to gross over $77
million worldwide.
start working at The Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney,
Australia. Cornwell left ABC in order to create Trephine Production
Studios, which he used to complete his award-winning short Ward 13, a
stop motion animation that enjoyed success at several international
film festivals. Ward 13 received the FIPRESCI Award from the
International Federation of Film Critics at Valladolid, and was
short-listed for an Oscar nomination in 2005.After the success of Ward
13, Cornwell partnered with Gold Circle Films and Lions Gate to direct
the psychological horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. The film
had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in
Austin, Texas and stars Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, and Martin
Donovan. It was released in March 2009 and went on to gross over $77
million worldwide.
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