Colin Finbow

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

Colin Finbow
Colin Finbow on location for "Doombeach" (1989) Photograph by Kit Ellis
Born	(1940-11-26) 26 November 1940 (age 84) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Occupation(s)	film director screenwriter

Life and career

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

• 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