Maxwell has been an independent filmmaker since 1978 and is best known for Gettysburg, a movie adaptation of the best selling book, The Killer Angels, for which his new movie is a prequel.

Ronald R. Maxwell was educated at New York University, first in the College of Arts and Sciences and later in the Graduate School of the Arts’ Institute of Film. He has since compiled a lengthy filmography by writing, producing, and directing movies for television and theatrical release. In addition to his Civil War films, Gettysburg and Gods and Generals, he has done such movies as Little Darlings, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Kidco, and Parent Trap II. An Emmy nomination is among the many honors his films have garnered over the years he has spent working behind the cameras.