Max Varnel
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 21, 1925
- Died
- January 15, 1996 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Biography
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
Filmography
McManus MPB
Movie · Director

The Evil Touch
TV · Director · 1 ep

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
TV · Director · 35 eps

The Troubleshooters
TV · Director · 6 eps

The Rivals
Movie · Director

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
Movie · Director

The Silent Invasion
Movie · Director

Z-Cars
TV · Director · 1 ep
Enter Inspector Duval
Movie · Director
A Question of Suspense
Movie · Director

Part-Time Wife
Movie · Director

Return of a Stranger
Movie · Director

Fate Takes a Hand
Movie · Director

Murder in Eden
Movie · Director
Sentenced for Life
Movie · Director
A Taste of Money
Movie · Director
Crash Drive
Movie · Director

The Great Van Robbery
Movie · Director

The Child and the Killer
Movie · Director
No Safety Ahead
Movie · Director
Top Floor Girl
Movie · Director

Web of Suspicion
Movie · Director

Interpol Calling
TV · Director · 1 ep

Moment of Indiscretion
Movie · Director

A Woman Possessed
Movie · Director
Links of Justice
Movie · Director

Interpol
Movie · Second Unit Director

A Prize of Gold
Movie · Assistant Director

Father Brown
Movie · Assistant Director

Star of India
Movie · Assistant Director

Rough Shoot
Movie · Assistant Director

The Magic Box
Movie · Assistant Director