---
name: "Peter Snell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-snell"
fi1m_id: "peter-snell"
imdb_id: "nm0811056"
tmdb_id: 229385
wikidata_id: "Q48796327"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T08:08:03.407444+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 Snell

## Identity

Peter Snell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-snell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-snell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0811056
- **TMDB ID:** 229385
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48796327
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Snell_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48796327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229385

Producer. Born 1 January 1941 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1941, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 1973–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 2020s 40 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Snell_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48796327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229385

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Wicker Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Snell is a Canadian film producer. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he moved to London to work in the film industry. His first film was *Some May Live* (1967). He became head of British Lion Films and greenlit *The Wicker Man* (1973) and *Don't Look Now*.

Snell has produced films often in collaboration with Alistair MacLean, Don Sharp and Charlton Heston, including *Julius Caesar* (1970), *Antony and Cleopatra* (1972), *Bear Island* (1979), *Lady Jane* (1986), *A Prayer for the Dying* (1987) and *Blithe Spirit* (2020). In 1988 he became owner and chief executive of British Lion. He also produced *The Wicker Tree* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Tennis* (2013), Producer
- *Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *The Wicker Tree* (2011), Producer
- *Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man* (2001), Actor
- *Letters from a Killer* (1998), Producer
- *Death Train* (1993), Producer
- *The Crucifer of Blood* (1991), Executive Producer
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Tears in the Rain* (1988), Producer
- *A Prayer for the Dying* (1987), Producer
- *Lady Jane* (1986), Producer
- *Turtle Diary* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Squaring the Circle* (1984), Producer
- *Mother Lode* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The Hostage Tower* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Bear Island* (1979), Producer
- *Hennessy* (1975), Producer
- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)
- *Antony and Cleopatra* (1972), Producer
- *Goodbye Gemini* (1970), Producer
- *Julius Caesar* (1970), Producer
- *Subterfuge* (1968), Producer
- *The Winter's Tale* (1968), Producer

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