Colin Campbell (director)
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Colin Campbell was a Scottish-born film director
and screenwriter
. He directed 177 films between 1911
and 1924
. He also wrote for 60 films between 1911 and 1922
. He was born in Scotland
, and died in Hollywood, California.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He directed 177 films between 1911
1911 in film
The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 23: D.W Griffith shows the first major close-up shot on film with the successful release of The Lonedale Operator proving his ever growing mastery of how to utilise film....
and 1924
1924 in film
-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
. He also wrote for 60 films between 1911 and 1922
1922 in film
-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
. He was born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and died in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
- Brown of HarvardBrown of HarvardBrown of Harvard is the title of three silent films all based on the 1906 Broadway play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young. The 1926 version is notable for featuring John Wayne's screen debut.*Brown of Harvard...
(1911) - Alas! Poor Yorick!Alas! Poor Yorick!Alas! Poor Yorick! is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. The film's title is taken from the Shakespeare play Hamlet.-Cast:* Wheeler Oakman* Tom Santschi - * Lillian Hayward* Hobart Bosworth* John Lancaster...
(1913) - The SpoilersThe Spoilers (1914 film)The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and...
(1914) - Shotgun JonesShotgun JonesShotgun Jones is a 1914 short Western film directed by Colin Campbell.-Cast:* Wheeler Oakman* Jack McDonald* Frank Clark - * Hoot Gibson* Bessie Eyton* Fernando Gálvez* William Elmer* Joseph W. Girard...
(1914) - Gloria's RomanceGloria's RomanceGloria's Romance is a 1916 silent film serial starring Billie Burke. It was written by Rupert Hughes and his wife and produced by George Kleine. Two men Walter Edwin and Colin Campbell served as principal directors. It is Burke's second outting as a film actress and one of the very rare occasions a...
(1916)