Peter Collinson (Director)

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Peter Collinson (born April 1, 1936 in Lincolnshire , England , † December 16, 1980 in Los Angeles , California ) was a British film director .

Life

Peter Collinson was the son of an actress and a musician, but they separated when he was two years old. From then on he grew up with his grandparents and attended the Actor's Orphanage at school, where he made his first and rich experiences with and for the stage as an actor and author. Through Noël Coward , who headed the facility, he got his first professional employment in the theater business.

After two years in the military in Malaysia , he worked for the BBC and at Elstree Studios for Associated TeleVision . Other television works, mostly for television series, were also created for the Irish broadcaster Telefís Éireann . In 1967 he made his big screen debut with The Penthouse , for which he has worked from now on, with only one exception. Initially with socially critical approaches in his films, which then met with little love in the criticism, Collinson soon directed action and suspense films without special artistic demands, often with numerous stars in the leading roles. It was not until the television production The House on Garibaldi Street raised hopes for more important works; Collinson died of a serious illness soon after, shortly after completing his next and last film, The Earthling , in 1980 .

In 1963 Collinson received a Jacob's Award, the Irish television award, for his production of The Bomb ; In 1968 he received the "Golden Shell" for The Long Day's Dying at the San Sebastian Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Presentation of television awards and citations," The Irish Times, December 4, 1963
personal data
SURNAME Collinson, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Lincolnshire , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1980
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States