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Colin Richard Francis Eggleston (; 23 September 1941, Melbourne – 10 August 2002, Geneva) was an Australian writer and director of TV and films.
Career Eggleston began his career making police dramas for Crawford Productions.David Stratton, "Colin Eggleston", Variety, 19 August 2002 accessed 12 September 2012 He directed several episodes of Homicide in 1964 and The Long Arm in 1970. He also wrote episodes of Homicide from 1971 to 1972 and continued script-writing for series including Division 4 (1971–1974), Bluey (1977), Chopper Squad (1978) and Rush (1974). He continued to direct during this time, on episodes of Matlock Police (1973–1974) and Division 4 (1974).
Eggleston's first feature film was Fantasm Comes Again (1977), which he directed under the pseudonym 'Eric Ram'. He then directed 1978 horror film Long Weekend. The film won several film festival awards. In 1980, he wrote the script for Nightmares, one of his last.
Eggleston directed several episodes of Bellamy in 1981, before switching his primary focus to film. In 1982, he directed The Little Feller. He then wrote and directed the 1984 film Innocent Prey. In 1986, he directed three films – horror Cassandra, adventure film Sky Pirates and TV movie Body Business. Eggleston's last film was the 1987 comedy-horror TV movie Outback Vampires.
Personal life and death Eggleston was married twice, to Dimity Reed and Briony Behets, the latter of whom starred in two of his films, Long Weekend (1978) and Nightmares (1980).
Eggleston lived in Europe for several years. He had three children by his first marriage.
He died on 10 August 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was 61.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1963 A Day in the Life of Robin Beckett Short film 1977 Fantasm Comes Again Director(as 'Eric Ram') 1978 Long Weekend Director 1980 Nightmares Writer / Producer 1983 Innocent Prey Writer / Director / Producer Academy "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1983 p147 1986 Sky Pirates Director 1987 Cassandra Writer / Director
Television Year Title Role Notes 1964 Homicide Director 1967 Doctor Who 1970 The Long Arm Director 6 episodes 1971–1972 Homicide Writer 2 episodes 1971–1973 Script editor 15 episodes 1971-1974 Division 4 Writer 8 episodes1972–1974 Director 10 episodes Matlock Police Script editor 11 episodes 1973 Ryan Writer 1 episode 1973–1974 Division 4 Script editor 2 episodes Matlock Police Director 5 episodes 1974 Rush Writer The Box Writer 1976 The Bluestone Boys Writer 1977 Bluey Writer 2 episodes:"The Whole of Life",The Whole of Life at AustLit"The Changeling"The Changeling at AustLit The Sullivans Writer 4 episodes1978 The Lion's Share Writer / Director TV movie Chopper Squad Writer 1 episode Cop Shop Script editor 3 episodes 1978–1981 Writer 19 episodes 1980–1982 Secret Valley Director 4 episodes 1981 Bellamy Director 4 episodes Airhawk Producer TV movie 1982 The Little Feller Director TV movie 1986 Body Business Director Miniseries 1987 Outback Vampires Writer / Director TV movie
References
External links
Colin Eggleston at AustLit