Colin Finbow

Colin Finbow
Colin Finbow
	Colin Finbow on location for "Doombeach" (1989) Photograph by Kit Ellis
Born	26 November 1940 (age 85); Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Occupations	film director ; screenwriter

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

Life and career

He was studying at Ipswich College of Art and London's Goldsmiths College and made amateur films as a teenager. He submitted his first plays to radio and wrote for the stage.

Finbow also was Head of English at London's Forest Hill Comprehensive School. In 1981 the Children's Film Unit was formed as a registered charity which he oversaw. It had begun life as the film studies department at Forest Hill School in South East London.

Selected filmography

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

1 2 Murphy, Robert (2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema - A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-532-8.
↑ Ian Rodger (1982). Radio Drama. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-29428-4.
↑ New Radio Drama. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1966.
↑ The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film. Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 978-0-19-093935-9.

External links

Colin Finbow at IMDb

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[Finbow-1] 1 2 Murphy, Robert (2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema - A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-532-8.

[2] Ian Rodger (1982). Radio Drama. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-29428-4.

[3] New Radio Drama. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1966.

[4] The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film. Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 978-0-19-093935-9.

Colin Finbow
Colin Finbow on location for "Doombeach" (1989) Photograph by Kit Ellis
Born	(1940-11-26) 26 November 1940 (age 85) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Occupations	film director screenwriter