Background
Peter Collinson was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire in 1936.
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Peter Collinson
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From ages eight to 14 he attended the Actor"s Orphanage in Chertsey, Surrey where he had the chance to write and act in many plays.
Career
Noël Coward, who was president of the orphanage at the time, became his godfather and helped him to obtain jobs in the entertainment industry. Collinson later directed Coward in his best-known film, The Italian Job, in 1969 — this was dramatized in the radio play Mr Bridger"s Orphan by Marcy Kahan in 2013. In 1954 he was called up for national service and served two years in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency.The regiment he served in as private was the Queens Royal Regiment ( West Surreys) The Second Division Gukkas.
Malaya His early television work included time as a floor manager for the British Broadcasting Corporation and directing for ATV at Elstree studios where he met Michael Klinger who would offer him the director role on his first film, The Penthouse.
His 1978 film Tomorrow Never Comes was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.
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United Kingdom