Colin Eggleston Explained

Colin Eggleston
Birth Name:	Colin Richard Francis Eggleston^[1]
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Australia
Birth Date:	23 September 1941
Death Place:	Geneva, Switzerland
Death Date:	10 August 2002 (aged 60)
Occupation:	Director, producer, screenwriter

Colin Richard Francis Eggleston (; 23 September 1941, Melbourne – 10 August 2002, Geneva) was an Australian writer and director of TV and films. He began his career making police dramas for Crawford Productions.^[2]

Select credits

• A Day in the Life of Robin Beckett (1963) (Short Film)
• Doctor Who (1967) (TV series)
• Homicide (TV series)
• Ryan (1969) (TV series)
• The Long Arm (1970) (TV series)
• Matlock Police (1973–74) (TV series)
• Division 4 (1974) (TV series)
• The Box (1974) (TV series) – writer
• The Bluestone Boys (1976) (TV series) – writer
• Bluey (1976) (TV series) – writer of the episodes "The Whole of Life"^[3] and "The Changeling"^[4]
• Fantasm Comes Again (1977)
• Chopper Squad (1977) (TV series)
• Long Weekend (1978)
• Nightmares (1980) – producer
• Bellamy (1981) (TV series)
• Airhawk (1981) – producer
• The Little Feller (1982)
• Innocent Prey (1983)
• Sky Pirates (1986)
• Body Business (1986) (TV movie)
• Cassandra (1987)
• Outback Vampires (1987)

Unmade films

• Academy (announced 1983) – a film about a secret academy of killers^[5]

External links

• • Colin Eggleston at AustLit

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colin Eggleston.
2. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117871564 David Stratton, "Colin Eggleston", Variety, 19 August 2002
3. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C847104 The Whole of Life
4. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C846592 The Changeling
5. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1983 p147