Biography and Filmography of Colin Campbell, one of the key-directors of the Selig Polyscope Company. A former actor, he joined Selig in the early years on Hollywood, when Selig operated his Western studio in Edendale / Los Angeles. Colin directed one of the first "Blockbuster" in Hollywood, he made the first "Garden of Allah", his "Carpet of Bagdad" was on board in the "Lusitania", he directed Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese star-actor who played in Japanese officer in "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Colin Campbell was surnomed "The Sphinx of Hollywood," he was already forgotten in the late…mehr
Biography and Filmography of Colin Campbell, one of the key-directors of the Selig Polyscope Company. A former actor, he joined Selig in the early years on Hollywood, when Selig operated his Western studio in Edendale / Los Angeles. Colin directed one of the first "Blockbuster" in Hollywood, he made the first "Garden of Allah", his "Carpet of Bagdad" was on board in the "Lusitania", he directed Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese star-actor who played in Japanese officer in "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Colin Campbell was surnomed "The Sphinx of Hollywood," he was already forgotten in the late Twenties and remained unknown not only to the public but also to most film historian.This is the first biography and presentation of Colin Campbell's motion pictures, based on historical sources and documents.
geboren und aufgewachsen in Luzern, Studium in Bern und München. Filmkritiker, Photograph, Aufnahmeleiter und Produktionsleiter in deutschen und internationalen Spielfilmen, ua mit den Regisseuren Fred Zinnemann, Douglas Trumbull (Showscan) und Jean-Jacques Annaud, sowie mehrere James Bond-Filme. Lehrauftrag an der Universität Siegen.seit 1998 Redaktion der Filmdatenbank "kinotv.com", 2006 bis 2014 Mitherausgeber des "Neuen Filmlexikon". Bücher: "Skizzen zum polnischen Film" (1963), "Der junge deutsche Film" (Katalog 1967), "Germany" (CoAutor 1970), "FILM" (2022), Filmography Jahresbände 1912 bis 1919 . Monographien zu den Regisseuren Ivan Pyrjev (2012), Rex Ingram (2013), John H. Collins (2018), Allen Holubar (2019), Joseph Kaufman (2020)
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