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Colin Dean

Director/Producer/Documentarian
13 July 1919 to 31 March 2007

A pioneering documentary filmmaker in his native Australia, Dean gained invaluable experience in Britain before embarking on a series of groundbreaking documentaries for the Commonwealth Film Unit. Moving into television drama with ABC, he directed Stormy Petrel (1958), The Patriots (1962) and produced The Hungry Ones (1963) amongst others.