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Peter R. Hunt

Peter R. Hunt

Editor and director · Died August 14, 2002, aged 77 · London, England, UK

Peter Roger Hunt (11 March 1925 – 14 August 2002) was a British director, editor and producer of film and television, best known for his work on the James Bond film series, first as an editor and then as a second unit director. He finally served as director for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. His work on the series helped pioneer an innovative, fast-cutting editing style.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 11, 1925
Died
August 14, 2002 (aged 77)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Editor and director
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 18% in 30 days

What are Peter R. Hunt's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Bonds
20%
Power
17%
Survival
15%
Self
9%
Society
4%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 8 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 9 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 9 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Thrilling
12
Joyful
5
Warm
5
Romantic
7
Other
15

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter R. Hunt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peter R. Hunt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Double-O Stunts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Eyes of a Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Desperate Hours(1990)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Assassination(1987)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star(1986)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Wild Geese II(1985)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Last Days of Pompeii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Death Hunt(1981)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Night Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • Rough Cut(1980)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Beasts Are on the Streets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Studentinnen-Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Writer

  • Gulliver's Travels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • Shout at the Devil(1976)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Gold(1974)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Shirley's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Persuaders!(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • You Only Live Twice(1967)

    Editor · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Editor

  • Thunderball(1965)

    Editor · Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Ipcress File(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Goldfinger(1964)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • From Russia with Love(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Call Me Bwana(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dr. No(1962)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Damn the Defiant!(1962)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • On the Fiddle(1961)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Greengage Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Editor

  • There Was a Crooked Man(1960)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Sink the Bismarck!(1960)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Ferry to Hong Kong(1959)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • A Cry from the Streets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Editor

  • Next to No Time!(1958)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Paradise Lagoon(1957)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Hell in Korea(1956)

    Editor · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Doublecross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Editor

  • The Venusian(1954)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Burnt Evidence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Assistant Editor

  • The Paris Express(1952)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 40 titles from 1952 to 2000.

Biggest box office

Thunderball (1965)

$64M worldwide

Highest rated

Goldfinger (1964)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Dr. No (1962)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 40: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 40: 12 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score41stWriting1 of 40: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing1 of 40: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleEditing23 of 40: 20 only editing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thOther crew3 of 40: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

40 titles, 3 with more than one role — editing and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1950s9 · crew1960s15 · crew1970s7 · crew1980s6 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s2 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Peter R. Hunt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · director

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986)

60th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Goldfinger (1964)

Midcredits 96th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Peter R. Hunt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, 3 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles45–59 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles20–44 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 20 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles31–39 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Peter R. Hunt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter R. Hunt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stanley Sopel shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers