Colin Eggleston

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. 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.

Television