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Peter Collinson is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Director of Photography British born on 1 april 1936 at Lincolnshire (United-kingdom)
Peter Collinson (1 April 1936 – 16 December 1980) was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 movie The Italian Job.
En 1954, il est appelé pour le service national et sert deux ans en Malaisie lors de l'insurrection communiste malaise.
Il débute à la télévision comme régisseur de plateau pour la BBC, puis devient réalisateur pour (en) Associated Television. Il travaille également pour Telefís Éireann, la chaine de télévision nationale de la République d'Irlande. En 1963 il remporte un (en) Jacob's Award pour son téléfilm The Bomb. Aux Studios d'Elstree il rencontre le producteur Michael Klinger qui lui donne l'occasion de réaliser, en 1967, La Nuit des alligators (The Penthouse), et enchaine, dès lors les tournages.
Au milieu des années 1970, il émigre aux États-Unis, avec son épouse et sa famille.
Pendant le tournage de Australia Kid (The Earthling), Collinson découvre qu'il est atteint d'un cancer du poumon. Il en meurt à Los Angeles, à l'âge de 44 ans avant que L'or se barre (The Italian Job) ne devienne un film culte.
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Birth name Peter Kenneth Collinson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 april 1936 at Lincolnshire (United-kingdom)
Death 16 december 1980 (at 44 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 april 1936 at Lincolnshire (United-kingdom)
Death 16 december 1980 (at 44 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Peter Collinson nait en 1936 ; ses parents, une comédienne et un musicien, se séparent quand il a deux ans, et il est élevé par ses grands-parents. De l'âge de 8 à 14 ans, il vit à l'Orphelinat des acteurs ((en) Actor's Orphanage) de Chertsey (Surrey) où il commence à écrire et à jouer dans des pièces. L'acteur et dramaturge Noël Coward, qui était alors président de l'orphelinat, devient son parrain, et l'aide ensuite à trouver du travail dans le monde du spectacle.En 1954, il est appelé pour le service national et sert deux ans en Malaisie lors de l'insurrection communiste malaise.
Il débute à la télévision comme régisseur de plateau pour la BBC, puis devient réalisateur pour (en) Associated Television. Il travaille également pour Telefís Éireann, la chaine de télévision nationale de la République d'Irlande. En 1963 il remporte un (en) Jacob's Award pour son téléfilm The Bomb. Aux Studios d'Elstree il rencontre le producteur Michael Klinger qui lui donne l'occasion de réaliser, en 1967, La Nuit des alligators (The Penthouse), et enchaine, dès lors les tournages.
Au milieu des années 1970, il émigre aux États-Unis, avec son épouse et sa famille.
Pendant le tournage de Australia Kid (The Earthling), Collinson découvre qu'il est atteint d'un cancer du poumon. Il en meurt à Los Angeles, à l'âge de 44 ans avant que L'or se barre (The Italian Job) ne devienne un film culte.
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The Earthling (1980)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Collinson
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors William Holden, Rick Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, Pat Evison, Ray Barrett
Rating67%
Patrick Foley (Holden) is dying of cancer and decides to return to the outback where he was born. He has stopped taking his medicine and is at peace with his decision to die alone in the woods. On his journey, he notices a family camping. From a neighbouring peak, Foley watches as Shawn (Schroder), a 10-year-old boy, begins collecting firewood. The father attempts to move the camper away from the edge. Unfortunately, the camper rolls off the cliff and crashes to the bottom of the cliff with Shawn's parents inside. Shawn climbs down from the cliff finding the camper crushed upside down and realizes his parents are dead. Foley has an ethical dilemma: take the stranded ten-year-old back to civilization, and lose his own wish to die where he was born, or continue his personal mission and let the boy die alone in the wilderness. He decides to take the boy with him, and teaches him along the way how to survive in the wilderness. A strong bond grows between the two, and when Foley finally dies, Shawn is equipped to travel out of the outback alone.
, 1h38Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Balsam, Chaim Topol, Janet Suzman, Leo McKern, Charles Gray, Nick Mancuso
Rating66%
Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion approves a Mossad operation to be led by Isser Harel to kidnap Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi mass murderer. Harel's team travels to Argentina to track down Ricardo Klement, who they believe is Eichmann. They soon discover that the Klement family moved two months before. Primo, a local contact, goes to their former residence and gets a lead to Dieter, one of Eichmann's sons. They arrange for a bellboy to deliver a parcel to Dieter, addressed to another son, Nicholas. They trail Dieter, but he goes to the dentist instead of his house. Michael, the agent in charge, sends the bellboy back to the Klements' old address, and he learns their new one. Harel is told that Israel has been invited to send a delegation to Argentina's 150th celebration of its independence, so a special flight can be sent, on which Eichmann can be smuggled out of the country. The Mossad finally spot Eichmann, and Harel flies to Argentina to take over the operation. The Mossad rent three houses near Buenos Aires. They snatch Eichmann off the street and take him to one of the houses. Dieter Eichmann contacts other local Nazis for help in finding his father. The Israeli agents watching Eichmann are conflicted: they want to kill him, but their orders are to bring him back alive. The Israeli special plane arrives. Meanwhile, Michael interrogates Eichmann about his role in the Holocaust. Michael thinks they are on the verge of being caught by the police and should kill Eichmann while they can, but the others talk him out of it. When it is time to leave, they drug Eichmann and disguise him as an Israeli mechanic injured in an accident. A policeman in the pay of the Nazis tries to stop the takeoff, but they persuade the airport officials to let the flight proceed. The plane returns to Israel, where Eichmann is tried, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and executed.
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
, 1h49Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Oliver Reed, Susan George, Paul Koslo, Raymond Burr, John Ireland, Donald Pleasence
Rating50%
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank (Stephen McHattie) discovers that his girlfriend Janie (Susan George) is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. In the course of fighting over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police. As the negotiators (Oliver Reed, Paul Koslo) try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.
Target of an Assassin (1977)
, 1h45Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin South africa
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Joe Stewardson, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Regardt van den Bergh
Rating48%
The film is set in a South African hospital. Top-billed Anthony Quinn plays a male nurse, Hobday, assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela). With many threats against his well-being, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock. Hobday manages to kidnap his patient for strictly personal gain, unaware that a hired sniper is still attempting to take the life of the foreign leader while in Hobday's custody. This leads to a series of curious plot twists leading to a climactic scene with cable cars on a high plateau ridge.
The Sell Out (1976)
, 1h28Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin Israel
Genres Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין), Vladek Sheybal
Rating49%
The CIA, the KGB and the Mossad scheme to eliminate Gabriel Lee, a former CIA agent who defected to the Soviet Bloc but left Eastern Europe to travel to Israel. He seeks his old mentor Sam Lucas for help. Lucas is now running an antiquities store in Jerusalem with his mistress Deborah who was Gabriel's former lover.
The Spiral Staircase (1975)
, 1h26Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, Michael Sarrazin, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Mildred Dunnock
Rating47%
Helen Mallory is a beautiful young woman who has been unable to speak a word since seeing her husband and daughter die in a fire.
And Then There Were None (1974)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Charles Aznavour, Stéphane Audran, Elke Sommer, Gert Fröbe, Adolfo Celi, Alberto de Mendoza
Rating57%
A group of 10 people, strangers to one another, have all traveled to a hotel located deep in the deserts of Iran. Upon arrival they discover that their host is mysteriously absent. They are accused via a tape recording by the host, U.N. Owen ("unknown"), someone none of them has ever met, of having committed various crimes in the past which went unpunished by the law.
Open Season (1974)
, 1h46Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch, Frank Braña, Alberto de Mendoza, William Holden
Rating60%
Trois vétérans du Viêt Nam, accusés mais non condamnés pour viol, partent pour deux semaines de vacances. Sur la route, ils kidnappent un couple illégitime, Martin et sa maîtresse Nancy, et les emmènent dans une cabane de chasse, dans un coin reculé des rocheuses. Le couple sera progressivement avili, exposé à une brutalité autant physique que psychologique.
The Man Called Noon (1973)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Western
Actors Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino, Farley Granger, Howard Ross, Patty Shepard
Rating57%
Survivant à une agression, Noon a perdu la mémoire. Laissé pour mort, il se met à la quête de son identité et rencontre alors Fan. Attiré par la jeune femme, Noon découvre qu'elle est en fait victime d'un complot dont il serait l'investigateur...
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
, 1h51Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin, Donald Pleasence, Dana Andrews, Sue Lloyd, Derren Nesbitt
Rating58%
John Craig (Baker) is an aging British secret agent who is tasked with returning a defector, the Russian scientist Kaplan (Mayne) who has foregone science for a modest life as a goatherd in Turkey. Craig faces opposition from his boss, his younger replacements, an American secret agent, a Turkish hotel keeper, and an organization of Russian Jews hostile to Kaplan. Craig's mission is complicated by Miriam (Chaplin), an innocent bystander who is taken hostage.
Straight On Till Morning (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth, Annie Ross, Claire Kelly
Rating57%
Brenda is a plain young woman who lives at home with her mother in Liverpool and enjoys writing fairy tales for children. One day she tells her mother that she is leaving home and moving to London in order to find a father for her yet unborn baby.
Straight On Till Morning (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Katya Wyeth, Annie Ross, Tom Bell, Claire Kelly
Rating57%
Brenda Thompson est une jeune femme rêveuse et timide qui cherche l'homme de sa vie. Quittant Liverpool pour la capitale, elle trouve un travail de vendeuse dans une boutique et devient co-locataire auprès de Caroline, qui décide de la prendre sous son aile. Elle fait alors la connaissance de Peter Clive, un étrange jeune homme qui s'avère être un psychopathe ...
Fright (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ian Bannen, Susan George, Honor Blackman, John Gregson, George Cole, Dennis Waterman
Rating58%
A homicidal escapee from a psychiatric asylum terrorises a babysitter who is looking after his son.
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Fikret Hakan, Michèle Mercier, Grégoire Aslan, Patrick Magee
Rating57%
Les aventures d'un vétéran britannique (Charles Bronson) de la Grande Guerre et d'un armateur américain (Tony Curtis) en Turquie, durant la guerre civile turque et la guerre gréco-turque de 1919-1922.
The Italian Job (1969)
, 1h39Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone, Benny Hill, Tony Beckley, Margaret Blye
Rating71%
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), a Cockney gangster, is released from prison with the intent of doing a "big job" in Italy. He soon meets with the widow (Lelia Goldoni) of his friend and fellow thief Roger Beckermann (Rossano Brazzi), who was killed driving a Lamborghini Miura in a car crash in the Italian Alps. The car crash was arranged by the Mafia. The widow gives Croker her husband's plans for the robbery that attracted the hostile attention of his killers, and which detail a way to steal 4 million dollars worth of Chinese gold in Italy, and escape with it to Switzerland.