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Max Varnel

Born March 21, 1925 in Paris, Ile-de-France, FranceDied January 15, 199621 films

Max Varnel (21 March 1925 – 15 January 1996) was a French-born Australian film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and Australia.

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Born Max Le Bozec in Paris, France, he was the son of the film director Marcel Varnel. He began his career as an assistant director of The Magic Box (1951) and continued in this role for films including The Card (1952), Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

His directing credits encompass a series of B movies, including Moment of Indiscretion (1958), A Woman Possessed (1958), Top Floor Girl (1959), Web of Suspicion (1959), The Child and the Killer (1959), and Crash Drive (1959).

Varnel's television credits include The Vise, The Cheaters, Softly Softly, and The Troubleshooters in the UK, and Skippy, Glenview High, The Young Doctors, and Neighbours in Australia, where he emigrated in the late 1960s.

Filmography

21 films as director
  1. 1976McManus MPBDirector
  2. 1963The RivalsDirector
  3. 1962The Silent InvasionDirector
  4. 1962Mrs. Gibbons' BoysDirector
  5. 1961Part-Time WifeDirector
  6. 1961Fate Takes a HandDirector
  7. 1961A Question of SuspenseDirector
  8. 1961Enter Inspector DuvalDirector
  9. 1961Murder in EdenDirector
  10. 1961Return of a StrangerDirector
  11. 1960Sentenced for LifeDirector
  12. 1960A Taste of MoneyDirector
  13. 1959Top Floor GirlDirector
  14. 1959Crash DriveDirector
  15. 1959No Safety AheadDirector
  16. 1959Web of SuspicionDirector
  17. 1959The Child and the KillerDirector
  18. 1959The Great Van RobberyDirector
  19. 1958Links of JusticeDirector
  20. 1958A Woman PossessedDirector
  21. 1958Moment of IndiscretionDirector