Colin Finbow (born 26 November 1940) is an English screenwriter and film director.
Colin Finbow | |
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.jpg) Colin Finbow on location for "Doombeach" (1989) Photograph by Kit Ellis | |
| Born | 26 November 1940 |
| Occupation(s) | film director screenwriter |
Life and career
editHe was studying at Ipswich College of Art and London's Goldsmiths College and made amateur films as a teenager[1]. He submitted his first plays to radio[2] and wrote for stage[3].
Finbow also was as Head of English at the London's Forest Hill Comprehensine School[1]. In 1981 was formed Children's Film Unit as a registered charity overseen by Colin Finbow[4]. It had begun life as the film studies department at Forest Hill School in South East London.
Selected filmography
edit- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972) - Director
- The Custard Boys (1979) - Director/Screenplay
- Captain Stirrick (1982) - Director
- A Swarm in May (1983) - Director/Writer
- Dark Enemy (1984) - Director/Writer
- School for Vandals (1986) - Director/Writer/Editor
- Hard Road (1988) - Director
- Under the Bed (1988) - Director
- Doombeach (1989) - Director/Writer/Editor
- Survivors (1990) - Director
- How's Business (1991) - Director/Writer
- Emily's Ghost (1992) - Director/Writer
- The Higher Mortals (1993) - Director
- Willie's War (1994) - Director/Writer
- Nightshade (1995) - Director
- The Gingerbread House (1997) - Director
- Awayday (1997) (short) - Director
References
edit- ^ a b Murphy, Robert (2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema - A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ Ian Rodger (1982). Radio Drama. Macmillan.
- ^ New Radio Drama. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1966.
- ^ The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film. Oxford University Press. 2022.
External links
edit- Colin Finbow at IMDb
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