Colin Finbow

Colin Finbow (born 26 November 1940) is an English screenwriter and film director.

Life and career He was studying at Ipswich College of Art and London's Goldsmiths College and made amateur films as a teenager. He submitted his first plays to radio and wrote for the stage.

Finbow also was Head of English at London's Forest Hill Comprehensive School. It had begun life as the film studies department at Forest Hill School in South East London.

Selected filmography Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972) - Director The Custard Boys (1979) - Director/Screenplay Captain Stirrick (1982) - Director A Swarm in May (1983) - Director/Writer Dark Enemy (1984) - Director/Writer School for Vandals (1986) - Director/Writer/Editor Hard Road (1988) - Director Under the Bed (1988) - Director Doombeach (1989) - Director/Writer/Editor Survivors (1990) - Director How's Business (1991) - Director/Writer Emily's Ghost (1992) - Director/Writer The Higher Mortals (1993) - Director Willie's War (1994) - Director/Writer Nightshade (1995) - Director The Gingerbread House (1997) - Director Awayday (1997) (short) - Director