Peter Collinson (April 1, 1936 – December 16, 1980) was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 cult movie The Italian Job. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. ... The Italian Job is a British comedy caper film, directed by Peter Collinson and written by Troy Kennedy Martin, who also penned episodes of the British TV series The Sweeney starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. ...

Peter Collinson was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire in 1936. His parents, an actress and a musician seperated when he was aged 2 and he was brought up by his grandparents. From age 8 to 14 he attended the Actor's Orphanage in Chertsey, Surrey where he had the chance to write and act in many plays. Noel Coward, who was president of the orphanage at the time, became his godfather there and helped him to obtain jobs in the entertainment industry. Location within the British Isles Arms of Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a town in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Humber. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Level crossing at Chertsey, as the barriers rise Chertsey is a town in Surrey, United Kingdom, on the River Thames. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Noël Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (spelling his forename Noël with the diaeresis was an affectation of later life, and Peirce is the correct spelling) (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ...

In 1954 he was called up for national service and served 2 years in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. National Service describes a form of military service where all members of one particular nation can participate (voluntarily or non-voluntarily. ... The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union. ... The Malayan Emergency was an insurrection and guerrilla war of the Malay Races Liberation Army against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia. ...

His early television work included time as a floor manager for the BBC and directing for ATV at Elstree studios where he met Michael Klinger who would offer him the director role on hs first film, The Penthouse. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ...

He emigrated with his family from the UK to the USA in the mid-1970s.

Peter Collinson died from lung cancer at the age of 44 before The Italian Job gained its later cult movie success. Lung cancer is a malignant tumour of the lungs. ...

Filmography

The Italian Job

• The Penthouse (1967)
• Up the Junction (1968)
• The Long Day's Dying (1968)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
• Fright (1971)
• Straight on Till Morning (1972)
• Innocent Bystanders (1972)
• The Man Called Noon (1973)
• Open Season (1974)
• And Then There Were None (1974)
• The Spiral Staircase (1975)
• Target of an Assassin (1976)
• The Sell-Out (1976)
• Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
• The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
• The Earthling (1980)

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References

• Field M. (2001). The Making of the Italian Job, Batsford. ISBN 071348682.