Peter Collinson

Peter Collinson was born in 1936 and spent part of his childhood in an orphanage maintained by the theatrical profession. Noël Coward, who presided over the institution, became his godfather, helped him find work and later took a part in one of his films. He directed about fifteen films for cinema and television between 1967 and 1980, in England and then abroad, and died of cancer in 1980, at forty-four.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaThe Italian JobPeter Collinson · 1969Cinema