Colin Finbow

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Colin Finbow
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Colin Finbow on location for "Doombeach" (1989) Photograph by Kit Ellis
Born (1940-11-26) 26 November 1940 (age 85)
Occupationsfilm director
screenwriter

Colin Finbow (born 26 November 1940) is an English screenwriter and film director.

Life and career

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He 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

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  • 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

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