Colin Callender

Colin Callender, CBE, (born 1952)is an English television producer and was president of HBO Films. Callender holds a BA with Honors in Philosophy and Politics from the University of East Anglia. Callender began his production career at the Royal Court Theatre in London as stage manager working with directors such as David Hare and Sam Shepard. Later he joined Granada Television as a graduate trainee. From 1978 until 1983 Callender was managing di... more

Colin Callender, CBE, (born 1952)is an English television producer and was president of HBO Films. Callender holds a BA with Honors in Philosophy and Politics from the University of East Anglia. Callender began his production career at the Royal Court Theatre in London as stage manager working with directors such as David Hare and Sam Shepard. Later he joined Granada Television as a graduate trainee. From 1978 until 1983 Callender was managing director of Primetime Television Ltd, an off-shoot of RPTA Ltd, a London-based television distribution company that handled the international sales for many leading independent producers including London Weekend Television. Primetime used RPTA's knowledge of and contacts in the burgeoning international television marketplace to pioneer European co-productions and pre-sales on many British television dramas and series with the BBC and ITV companies such as Granada, LWT, HTV and Southern Television. In 1983, Callender won an Emmy Award for his... less