Ronald F. Maxwell

Birthday:

01/05/1949

Place of birth:

Clifton, New Jersey, United States:

Biography:

Ronald F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an American film director and writer. He is most known 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald F. Maxwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.