Peter Huls Hunt (December 19, 1938 – April 26, 2020) was an American theatre, film and television director and theatrical lighting designer.
Hunt began his professional career as a lighting designer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1958.
He directed several benefit shows for the Actors Fund in Los Angeles, including staged readings of Sunset Boulevard and Casablanca.
Hunt's feature film credits include the screen adaptation of 1776 and Give 'em Hell, Harry!
He was producer-director of four of the feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain Series on PBS including Life on the Mississippi and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.