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1993
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Years active. 1976 – present. Ronald "Ron" F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an American film director and screenwriter from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War historical fiction films Gettysburg (1993), Gods and Generals (2003), and Copperhead (2013).
- Film director, screenwriter, producer
- Ronald F. Maxwell, January 5, 1949 (age 74), Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.
- 1976 – present
Ron Maxwell. Director: Gettysburg. Ronald F. Maxwell is the son of a World War II veteran and a French war bride. He grew up in New Jersey where he graduated from Clifton High School. During his high school years Ron founded the Garden State Players where he wrote, produced and directed dozens of plays and musicals.
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Overview. Born. January 5, 1949. Mini Bio. Ronald F. Maxwell is the son of a World War II veteran and a French war bride. He grew up in New Jersey where he graduated from Clifton High School. During his high school years Ron founded the Garden State Players where he wrote, produced and directed dozens of plays and musicals.
- January 5, 1949
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Ronald F. Maxwell's four-hour cinematic re-creation of the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War has a stately tone and meticulous attention to historical detail that make it...
According to “Gettysburg” and “Gods & Generals” director Ronald F. Maxwell, Civil War fans may have to wait a little longer. In an exclusive phone interview with Latino-Review, Maxwell carefully updated the status of adapting Jeffrey Shaara’s book about the Civil War after Gettysburg.
Ronald F. Maxwell. A native of New Jersey, and now a resident of Virginia, Ron is one of America’s most noted independent film writers and directors. Among Ron’s early films were: The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia and Parent Trap starring Haley Mills.
His epic Civil War films Gettysburg (New Line Cinema, 1993) and Gods and Generals (Warners, 2003) have established Ron Maxwell as the cinema’s leading interpreter of that complex, lethal, heroic period in American history.
