---
name: "Peter Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-ellis"
fi1m_id: "peter-ellis"
imdb_id: "nm0255028"
tmdb_id: 1213008
wikidata_id: "Q7173843"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 January 1948"
died: "24 April 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T22:51:37.702006+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Ellis

## Identity

Peter Ellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-ellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-ellis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0255028
- **TMDB ID:** 1213008
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173843
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213008

Director. Born 28 January 1948 in London. Died 24 April 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 January 1948, London
- **Died:** 24 April 2006
- **Active:** 1981–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Thomas J. Wright](https://film.one/person/thomas-j-wright.md), [Chris Long](https://film.one/person/chris-long.md), [Jeff Woolnough](https://film.one/person/jeff-woolnough.md), [Paul Shapiro](https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro.md), [Alrick Riley](https://film.one/person/alrick-riley.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213008

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)

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## Biography

Peter Ellis was a British television director. Born in London on 28 January 1948, he began his career at Granada Television on their Director's Course before moving to Hollywood in the late 1980s.

He directed episodes of numerous series, including *Bergerac* (1981), *Falcon Crest* (1981), *The Optimist* (1983), *Highlander: The Series* (1992), *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), *Sliders* (1995), *Roswell* (1999), *Third Watch* (1999), *NCIS* (2003), *Criminal Minds* (2005), *Supernatural* (2005–2006) and *Smallville* (2001). He also wrote several episodes of *The Optimist*. Ellis died in Los Angeles on 24 April 2006; one episode of *Supernatural* was dedicated to his memory.

His brothers, Robin Ellis and Jack Ellis, are actors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Director
- *Eyes* (2005), series, Director
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, Director
- *The Mountain* (2004), series, Director
- *Tarzan* (2003), series, Director
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Director
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Queen of Swords* (2000), series, Director
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Director
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), series, Director
- *Highlander: The Raven* (1998), series, Director
- *Pensacola: Wings of Gold* (1997), series, Director
- *The Big Easy* (1996), series, Director
- *JAG* (1995), series, Director
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, Director
- *Highlander: Unholy Alliance* (1994), Director
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, Director
- *The Secrets of Lake Success* (1993), series, Director
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Director
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, Director
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, Director
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Director
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Director
- *Matlock* (1986), series, Director
- *Prospects* (1986), series, Director
- *Pull The Other One* (1984), series, Director
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *The Rose Medallion* (1981), series, Director
- *One Chance in Four* (1980), Director
- *Feelifax* (1980), Director
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, Director
- *One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day* (1978), Director
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director

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