Peter Collinson (film director)
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 already separated when he was two years old. From then on he grew up with his grandparents and attended school time the Actor's Orphanage, where he made first and rich experiences with and for the stage as an actor and author. By Noel Coward, who headed the institution, he received first professional appointments in the theater.
After two years of military service in Malaysia, he worked for the BBC and at Elstree Studios for Associated TeleVision. Other television work, mostly for television series, created for the Irish broadcaster Telefís Éireann. In 1967 he debuted with The Penthouse on the big screen, for which he worked from now on, with only one exception. First, with socially critical approaches in his films, but were then met with criticism on little love, Collinson soon staged action and excitement movies without special artistic claims, often with numerous stars in the lead roles. Only the television production The House on Garibaldi Street woke again hopes to works of major significance; Collinson but died soon after, in 1980, shortly after completing his next and last film The Earthling, from a serious illness.
1963 Collinson was a " Jacob 's Award ," Irish Television Award for his production of The Bomb; In 1968 he was awarded the " Golden Shell " for The Long Day's Dying at the Film Festival of San Sebastian.