| Ronald F. Maxwell | |
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| Born | January 5, 1949 Clifton, NJ, United States of America |
| Occupation | Film director, editor, screenwriter, producer, actor |
| Years active | 1976 – present |
| Website | |
| http://www.ronmaxwell.com/ | |
Ronald F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War epics Gettysburg, 1993 and Gods and Generals, 2003.
In 2007, Maxwell optioned the film rights to novelist Speer Morgan's 1979 book Belle Starr. Starr was a legendary female outlaw of the Old West.
A New Jersey native, Maxwell attended Clifton High School.[1] He graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film 1970. Fluent in French, Maxwell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Warner Bros released Extended Director's Cut of Gods and Generals and a Director's Cut of Gettysburg, May 2011.
Maxwell is producing and directing the motion-picture Copperhead, screenplay by Bill Kauffman. Filming is scheduled to begin in May, 2012.
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Maxwell currently resides in Virginia, and is an avid lover of dogs and nature.
Combat Films, American Realism. By Steven Jay Rubin, Chapter Twelve, Gettysburg God,Man&Hollywood. By Mark Royden Winchell, Chapter Fourteen, The Cause of Us All Causes Won,Lost&Forgotten. By Gary W. Gallagher The Reel Civil War. By Bruce Chadwick Memory and Myth. By David B. Sachsman Gone With the Glory. By Brian Steel Wills Stonewall Jackson and Religious Faith. By Kenneth E. Hill
Los Angeles Times, Nov 7, 2011 "A Call to Duty...the best war films" "Ron Maxwell probably created the most ambitious Civil War movies ever made."