# Colin Dean

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{{Short description|Australian producer and director}}
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'''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](/source/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)](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Queen_in_Australia)'' (1954)
*''[Lady in Danger](/source/Lady_in_Danger_(TV_play))'' (1959)
*''[Stormy Petrel](/source/Stormy_Petrel_(TV_series))'' (1960) (TV series)
*''[The Patriots](/source/The_Patriots_(TV_series))'' (1962) (TV series)
*''[The Case of Private Hamp](/source/The_Case_of_Private_Hamp)'' (1962)
*''[Flowering Cherry](/source/Flowering_Cherry)'' (1963)
*''[The Long Sunset](/source/The_Long_Sunset_(film))'' (1963)
*''[The Hungry Ones](/source/The_Hungry_Ones)'' (1963) (TV series)
*''[The Purple Jacaranda](/source/The_Purple_Jacaranda)'' (1964) (TV series)

==References==
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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](/source/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](/source/The_British_Entertainment_History_Project)}}

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Category:Australian directors
Category:1919 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:Australian film producers

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