__NOTOC__ Colin Richard Francis Eggleston (; 23 September 1941,

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– 10 August 2002,

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) was an Australian writer and director of TV and films.

Career

Eggleston began his career making police dramas for

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accessed 12 September 2012 He directed several episodes of ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' (1971-1974), '' Bluey'' (1977), '' Chopper Squad'' (1978) and '' Rush'' (1974). He continued to direct during this time, on episodes of ''

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'' (1973-1974) and ''

'' (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 ''

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''. The film won several film festival awards. In 1980, he wrote the script for ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', 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, ''

'' (1978) and ''

'' (1980). Eggleston lived in Europe for several years. He had three children by his first marriage. He died on 10 August 2002 in

, Switzerland. He was 61.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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