Ronald F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an American filmmaker who is best known for writing and directing the American Civil War historical fiction films Gettysburg (1993), Gods and Generals (2003), and Copperhead (2013).

[1] He graduated from the Institute of Film at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts in 1970.

In 2007, Maxwell optioned the film rights to novelist Speer Morgan's 1979 book Belle Starr, about the legendary female outlaw of the Old West.

In May 2011, Warner Bros. Pictures released director's cuts of Gods and Generals and Gettysburg.

In 2012, Maxwell directed his third Civil War feature, Copperhead, with a screenplay by Bill Kauffman and production by Bryan Cassels.