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Interview: Peter Cornwell
[Tue 06/10/2009 11:26:08]
An Australian director helped shape The Haunting in Connecticut into a smash hit for US distributor Lionsgate. Brendan Swift talks to Peter Cornwell about his US adventure.
Peter Cornwell is feeling relaxed. His debut feature The Haunting in Connecticut proved a surprise US hit this March and his newly bought Kindle e-reader is packed with more than 70 prospective scripts.
But while his Hollywood career is on the ascendency, many Australians could be forgiven for not knowing who he is.
Despite generating a storm of publicity six years ago with his action-packed animated short Ward 13, it was America which ultimately gave the former ABC sound recordist his break.
“There’s just a different culture in America – they seem to understand better what the risks are and how to make a film that makes money and connects to an audience,” he says.
While several local producers suggested he gain more experience after making the IF Award-winning Ward 13 – some suggested he direct TV commercials – a flurry of meetings in the US eventually led to a deal with North American distributor Lionsgate.
“I almost made a film with them when I first got out there and I did a one day set test shoot with them that they were really happy with,” he says. “I was really happy that they’d invested, like $10,000 on a whole camera crew on a one-day test shoot, and then that film fell apart, and I felt really bad about that. Up until then I’d really only done animation.”
Despite the setback, Lionsgate later offered Cornwell The Haunting in Connecticut, which went on to take more than $US55 million at the US box office and a further $US19 million worldwide.
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