Colin Dean

{{Short description|Australian producer and director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Colin Dean''' (1919-2007) was an Australian producer and director who worked in Australian TV in the 1950s and 1960s.

He worked in the UK in the late 1940s,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2822391 |title=FILM DIRECTING NOT FUN, SAYS COLIN DEAN |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=24 |issue=6,995 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 September 1949 |accessdate=21 February 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18515631 |title=A Film In Ten Minutes |newspaper=The Sunday Herald (Sydney) |issue=185 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 August 1952 |accessdate=21 February 2017 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and returned to Australia in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134905049 |title=Mayfield Man Aids Royal Tour Filming |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=24,183 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 April 1954 |accessdate=21 February 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Select credits== *''The Queen in Australia'' (1954) *''Lady in Danger'' (1959) *''Stormy Petrel'' (1960) (TV series) *''The Patriots'' (1962) (TV series) *''The Case of Private Hamp'' (1962) *''Flowering Cherry'' (1963) *''The Long Sunset'' (1963) *''The Hungry Ones'' (1963) (TV series) *''The Purple Jacaranda'' (1964) (TV series)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1237514}} *[https://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/director-was-a-pioneer-of-australias-television-industry/2007/04/19/1176696994963.html Obituary] at Sydney Morning Herald *[http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/colin_dean.htm Interview with Colin Dean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303165828/http://abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/colin_dean.htm |date=3 March 2020 }} at ABC TV Gore Hill *[http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/photos/text_photos/colin-dean-scan-w.jpg Article on Dean's retirement] at ABC TV Gore Hill *{{cite web |title=Colin Dean |url=https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/colin-dean |website=The British Entertainment History Project}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Colin}} Category:Australian directors Category:1919 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Australian film producers