PETER HOWITT (Director) made his writing and directing debut with the international box office hit Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, for which he won a European Film Award for Best Screenplay and an Empire Award for Best British Director.
Howitt’s other directorial credits include AntiTrust, starring Tim Robbins, Ryan Phillippe and Rachael Leigh Cook (which won the Golden Goblet for Best Director and Best Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival) and the pilot episode for the television series Going to California for Showtime Networks. His upcoming projects include directing the feature film The Other Half; he also wrote the screenplay and serves as producer.
Additionally, Howitt has enjoyed an accomplished acting career in Britain, with appearances in the powerful Irish films In The Name of the Father (starring Daniel Day Lewis) and Some Mother’s Son (with Helen Mirren). He also appeared in the feature Stone Cold, as well as in Sliding Doors. His numerous television appearances include roles in Kiss and Tell, Eleven Men Against Eleven, Killing Me Softly, The Magician, Royal Celebration and Civvies, and in the series Tears Before Bedtime. His theatrical acting credits include The Caretaker with Donald Pleasence and Party Time (starring as well in the 1992 telefilm version), both works directed by their author, legendary British playwright Harold Pinter.
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