About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1925-03-21
Place of birth:
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Website:
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Max Varnel

Overview

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.

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.

Known for

Directing
1963 The Rivals Directing Director 58
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1962 The Silent Invasion Directing Director 58
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1962 Mrs. Gibbons' Boys Directing Director N/A
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1961 Part-Time Wife Directing Director 59
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1961 Fate Takes a Hand Directing Director 58
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1961 A Question of Suspense Directing Director 59
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1961 Enter Inspector Duval Directing Director N/A
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1961 Murder in Eden Directing Director 59
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1961 Return of a Stranger Directing Director 58
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1960 A Taste of Money Directing Director N/A
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1960 Sentenced for Life Directing Director N/A
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1959 Top Floor Girl Directing Director N/A
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1959 Crash Drive Directing Director N/A
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1959 No Safety Ahead Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Child and the Killer Directing Director 59
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1959 The Great Van Robbery Directing Director 58
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1958 A Woman Possessed Directing Director 59
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1958 Moment of Indiscretion Directing Director N/A
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1957 Interpol Directing Second Unit Director 59
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1955 A Prize of Gold Directing Assistant Director 58
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1954 Father Brown Directing Assistant Director 58
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1954 Star of India Directing Assistant Director 58
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1952 The Magic Box Directing Assistant Director 59
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Production
1956 Odongo Production Producer 58
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