Colin Callender
{{short description|British businessman (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
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| name = Sir Colin Callender
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| birth_place = London
| alma_mater = University of East Anglia
| occupation = Film executive and executive producer
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| spouse = Elizabeth Gaine
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Sir Colin Nigel Callender {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born May 1952) is a British television, film and theater producer. He is the former President of HBO Films and Founder/Chairman of Playground Entertainment, a production company based in New York and London.
Callender played a key role in shaping the British independent production sector during the birth of Channel Four.{{Cite web |date=2010-12-03 |title=Designing Media: Colin Callender {{!}} Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |url=https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2010/12/03/designing-media-colin-callender-2/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=www.cooperhewitt.org |language=en-US}} He was also responsible for HBO’s unprecedented commercial and critical success, setting new benchmarks for quality film and television production.{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2008-03-17 |title=Shift at hit-hungry HBO |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/shift-at-hit-hungry-hbo-1117982522/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Callender was born to an Orthodox Jewish family{{cite news|last= Jackman |first= Josh |title= Golden Globe winner compares outside status of growing Jewish in Britain to Harry Potter |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle|date=25 January 2016 |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/golden-globe-winner-compares-outside-status-of-growing-jewish-in-britain-to-harry-potter-1.58180 |quote=And he said his childhood, as an Orthodox Jew in post-war London, shared many of the themes in Harry Potter}} in London, the son of Lydia and Martin Callender.{{cite news|last= Callender |first= Colin |title= Lydia Callender |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle|date=1 January 2016 |url= https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20160101/282364038650902 }} He has a brother, Neeman, and a sister, Claire.
Callender holds a BA with Honours in Philosophy and Politics from the University of East Anglia.{{Cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |date=December 2017 |title=Producer Colin Callender: power behind the scenes |language=en-GB |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3b54cd78-d4ee-11e7-ae3e-563c04c5339a |access-date=2018-07-19}}
Career
=Early career=
Callender started in the entertainment industry as a member of Britain's National Youth Theatre and began his production career in 1974 at the Royal Court Theatre in London as stage manager working with directors such as Mike Leigh, David Hare and Sam Shepard.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/colin-callender-nicholas-nickleby-hbo-lucky-guy-interview-706467/|title=Q&A: Producer Colin Callender on His Next Chapter, Converging Theater, Film & Television And Taking on Harry Potter|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2014-04-04|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}} Later he joined Granada Television as a graduate trainee where he worked on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) the Granada co-production with NBC starring Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner and Laurence Olivier.
= Primetime Television =
In 1978 Callender co-founded Primetime Television where he quickly established himself as one of the UK's leading television and film producers. At Primetime he pioneered the pre-selling and co-producing of UK drama with foreign broadcasters. When the UK's fourth network Channel Four was created, Primetime was the first independent production company to be commissioned by the new channel with the television adaptation of the RSC's groundbreaking nine-hour stage play The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982). It was Callender's first credit as a producer and he went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in a category that included other nominees The Winds of War (1983) and The Thorn Birds (1983).{{Cite news|url=http://m.emmys.com/news/online-originals/spotlight-colin-callender|title=Spotlight: Colin Callender|work=Television Academy|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en}}
Other Primetime productions included D. H. Lawrence's The Captain's Doll (1983) starring Jeremy Irons for the BBC and ARD Germany, Separate Tables (1983) starring Alan Bates and Julie Christie directed by John Schlesinger.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130456/|title=Colin Callender|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-07-19}}
= The Callender Company =
In 1983, Callender founded The Callender Company Ltd. The company produced Mr. Halpern And Mr. Johnson (1983) starring Laurence Olivier and Jackie Gleeson; Peter Greenway's The Belly of an Architect (1987), which was the official British entry to the 1987 Cannes Film Festival; John Schlesinger's Madame Sousatzka (1988) starring Shirley MacLaine; The Bretts a 13-hour mini-series for Masterpiece Theatre, Prisoner of Honour (1991) starring Richard Dreyfuss. Callender was in the forefront of bringing together talent from the UK and the U.S., which has gone on to become one of the hallmarks of his career.
During this time Callender also created and produced the British cult hit The Last Resort (1987) which changed the face of late night television in the UK and launched the career of British TV personality Jonathan Ross.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b954aa2a8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201122446/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b954aa2a8|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2020|title=The Callender Company|work=BFI|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en}}
= HBO =
In 1986, Callender moved to the U.S. to become Executive Producer of HBO's newly formed East Coast production unit HBO Showcase.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60149256.html?dids=60149256:60149256&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+30%2C+1990&author=NANCY+MILLS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Shooting+Their+Own+In+a+war+for+viewers%2C+cable+channels+and+the+networks+are+producing+their+own+movies+in+record+numbers&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411162512/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60149256.html?dids=60149256:60149256&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+30,+1990&author=NANCY+MILLS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Shooting+Their+Own+In+a+war+for+viewers,+cable+channels+and+the+networks+are+producing+their+own+movies+in+record+numbers&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|title=Shooting Their Own in a war for viewers, cable channels and the networks are producing their own movies in record numbers|first=Nancy|last=Mills|date=30 September 1990|access-date=2 December 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} HBO Showcase produced 27 films receiving widespread critical acclaim and earning HBO its first Emmy Award for drama. In 1996, Callender and HBO CEO Jeffrey Bewkes created the film division HBO NYC. Shortly thereafter he was appointed president of HBO Films, based in LA, which rapidly developed a reputation for consistently producing an award-winning slate of sophisticated and provocative television and feature films.
During his tenure Callender oversaw the production of over 115 award-winning movies and mini-series, among them:{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/colin-callender-exits-hbo-1117993968/|title=Colin Callender exits HBO|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2008-10-14|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}
- Empire Falls (2005) – Fred Schepisi's star studded adaptation of Richard Russo's Pulitzer prize-winning novel starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in their final roles together, along with Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright Penn.{{Cite news |author=Variety Staff |date=2005-05-12 |title=HBO premieres 'Empire Falls' miniseries |url=https://variety.com/2005/more/news/hbo-premieres-empire-falls-miniseries-1117922604/ |access-date=2018-07-31 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}
- Angels in America (2003) – Mike Nichol's acclaimed adaptation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize winning play, starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson, which received 11 Emmy and 5 Golden Globe awards and which IndieWire recently anointed the best mini-series of the last century.{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=Hanh Nguyen,Ben Travers,Liz Shannon Miller,Steve |date=2018-04-24 |title=The Best Limited Series of the 21st Century, Ranked |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/best-miniseries-limited-series-fargo-true-detective-1201955892/3/ |access-date=2018-08-02 |work=IndieWire |language=en-US}}
- John Adams (2008) – the Tom Hanks produced, and Tom Hooper directed mini-series based on David McCullough's best-selling historical biography starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, which won 13 Emmy awards and 4 Golden Globes, and still holds the record for the most wins for a programme in the history of the Emmy awards;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/john-adams|title=John Adams|website=HBO|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}
- Recount (2008) – Jay Roach's Emmy and Golden Globe winning recreation of the controversial events surrounding the Florida recount that decided the outcome of the 2000 election written by Danny Strong;{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/all-the-way-jay-roach-emmy-recount-1201838879/|title='All the Way' Director Jay Roach Remembers First Emmy Wins For 'Recount'|last=Roshanian|first=Arya|date=2016-08-18|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}
Callender was also responsible for HBO's theatrical films such as the breakout indie hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Gus Van Sant's provocative movie Elephant (2003), about a Columbine-like, high-school shooting, which won Best Director Award as well as the coveted Palm d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/elephant-trumpets-palme-dor-surprise-106158.html|title='Elephant' trumpets Palme d'Or surprise|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-GB}}
Under Callender's stewardship, HBO Films received:
- 140 Emmy Awards (475 Nominations);
- 44 Golden Globe Awards (145 Nominations);
- The Golden Globe for Best Movie or Mini-Series for 8 years in a row;
- 11 Peabody Awards;
- 13 Humanitas Awards;
- 5 Academy Awards;
- Top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival 4 years in a row;
- The Palm D'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
= Picturehouse =
Callender was also the driving force behind HBO's joint venture with New Line Cinema – the distribution company Picturehouse{{Cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/new-line-hbo-open-picturehouse-for-business/4023068.article|title=New Line, HBO open Picturehouse for business|work=Screen|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}} whose slate included Robert Altman's highly acclaimed Prairie Home Companion (2006), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Rocket Science (2007), Last Days (2005), Mary Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), JA Bayona's The Orphanage (2007), Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose (2007) for which Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress,{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-32123220080225|title=Marion Cotillard wins Oscar for best actress|last=Editorial|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}} and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2006) that won three Oscars at the 2006 Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/movies/?id=panslabyrinth.htm|title=Pan's Labyrinth – 2006 Academy Awards Profile|website=boxofficemojo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}
=Playground Entertainment=
In 2009, Callender left HBO Films and moved to New York to produce theatre. He founded Playground Entertainment in 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.screendaily.com/colin-callender-leaves-hbo-films-after-21-years-at-the-company/4041388.article |title=Colin Callender leaves HBO Films after 21 years at the company |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=2 December 2012 |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |work=Screen Daily}}
== Theatre ==
Playground's first stage production was Lucky Guy (2014) starring Tom Hanks by the late Nora Ephron, which tells the story of tabloid reporter Mike McAlary, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize.{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/06/28/nora-ephron-lucky-guy-broadway/|title=Producer remains 'committed' to bringing Nora Ephron's 'Lucky Guy' to Broadway|date=28 June 2012|access-date=10 December 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} It won two Tony Awards and had six nominations.{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LUCKY-GUY-Recoups-Becomes-Highest-Grossing-Play-in-Broadway-History-20130502|title=LUCKY GUY Recoups; Becomes Highest Grossing Play in Broadway History|author=BWW News Desk|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}} In 2014, Callender produced Harvey Fierstein's Casa Valentina, which was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Play,{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/harvey-fiersteins-casa-valentina-closes-its-doors-june-29-322948|title=Harvey Fierstein's Casa Valentina Closes Its Doors 29 June {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2018-08-02}} and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2015) starring Neil Patrick Harris, which won four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/colin-callender-hbo-films-tony-awards-737392/|title=Ex-HBO Film Chief Colin Callender Plays Tony Poker With 'Hedwig' 'Casa Valentina', 'Harry Potter'|last=Gerard|first=Jeremy|date=2014-05-30|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} Callender also produced the production of Kenneth Branagh's New York stage debut in Macbeth (2014) at the Park Avenue Armory,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/theater/a-fast-and-furious-macbeth-at-park-avenue-armory.html|title=A Fast and Furious 'Macbeth' at Park Avenue Armory|last=Brantley|first=Ben|work=The New York Times |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}} and was a co-producer of Jez Butterworth's The River starring Hugh Jackman.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugh-jackman-rushes-river-profit-759560|title=Hugh Jackman Rushes 'The River' Into Profit|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}}
Recent Broadway productions include Dear Evan Hansen (2017), which won six Tony Awards including Best Musical,{{Cite web|url=https://dearevanhansen.com/|title=DEAR EVAN HANSEN {{!}} A New Musical on Broadway {{!}} Official Site|website=Dear Evan Hansen|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-02}} and Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's 1984 (2017), based on the novel by George Orwell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playgroundentertainment.com/usa|title=Playground USA|website=Playground Entertainment|language=en|access-date=2018-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162456/https://www.playgroundentertainment.com/usa|archive-date=2 August 2018|url-status=dead}} Recent West End productions include Dreamgirls (2016) and The Glass Menagerie (2017), both produced alongside Sonia Friedman Productions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/casting-confirmed-for-lucy-kirkwoods-chimerica|title=Casting confirmed for Lucy Kirkwood's 'Chimerica' – Channel 4 – Info – Press|website=channel4.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-08-02}}
Alongside Sonia Friedman Productions and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, Callender is one of the producers of the two-part stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, an expansion of the Harry Potter franchise, which opened on 30 July 2016 in London's Palace Theatre.{{Cite news|url=https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/uk/about/|title=About The Show {{!}} Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London|work=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106151244/https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/uk/about/|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=dead}} In 2017, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won nine Olivier Awards, the biggest single win ever for one production in the history of the awards.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/olivier-awards-2017-winners-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-record-full-list-1202066425/|title=Olivier Awards: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Wins Record 9 – Full List|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=2017-04-09|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opened on Broadway on 22 April 2018 in the newly renovated Lyric Theatre and was nominated for ten Tony Awards and went on to win six, including Best Play.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jun/11/tony-awards-the-bands-visit-and-harry-potter-triumph-in-politically-charged-ceremony|title=Tony awards: The Band's Visit and Harry Potter triumph in politically charged ceremony|last=Walters|first=Joanna|date=2018-06-11|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-02}} Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opened in Melbourne's Princess Theatre in early 2019,{{Cite news|url=https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/au/melbourne-tickets-on-sale-this-august/|title=Melbourne Tickets on Sale This August {{!}} Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Melbourne|date=2018-06-17|work=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Melbourne|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-GB}} in San Francisco's Curran Theatre in the Fall of 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/san-francisco/|title=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child {{!}} San Francisco|website=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child {{!}} San Francisco|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-02}} in Hamburg's Mehr! Theatre in 2020,{{Cite news|url=https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/uk/harry-potter-cursed-child-comes-germany/|title=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child comes to Hamburg, Germany {{!}} Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London|date=2018-07-05|work=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162457/https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/uk/harry-potter-cursed-child-comes-germany/|url-status=dead}} in Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in 2022, and in Tokyo's TBS Akasaka Act Theatre in 2022. In 2024, the show started its US National Tour, with performances scheduled in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C..{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Will Tour North America |url=https://playbill.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-will-tour-north-america |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240812084219/https://playbill.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-will-tour-north-america |archive-date=2024-08-12 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}}
== Television ==
Playground company has produced over 120 hours of television since its inception. Series include the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2013) for BBC and Starz,{{cite web|url=http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/news.aspx?id=8bb7cdfb-65ae-42cd-865d-fede7698ce08|title=ANCHOR BAY FILMS ACQUIRES SEEKING JUSTICE STARRING NICOLAS CAGE, JANUARY JONES AND GUY PEARCE|date=14 December 2011|access-date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513062614/http://anchorbayentertainment.com/news.aspx?id=8bb7cdfb-65ae-42cd-865d-fede7698ce08|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}} the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated miniseries The White Queen (2013){{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/starz-picks-up-white-queen-drama-series-colin-callender-to-ep-in-2-year-starz-deal-328626/|title=Starz Picks Up 'White Queen' Drama Series, Colin Callender To EP in 2-Year Starz Deal|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2012-09-04|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} for BBC and Starz and its sequels The White Princess (2017) for Starz, the Golden Globe nominated anthology series The Missing for BBC and Starz, Dracula for NBC,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2012/11/bbc-two-preps-howards-end-miniseries-produced-by-colin-callender-378393/|title=BBC Two Preps 'Howards End' Miniseries Produced By Colin Callender|last=Tartaglione|first=Nellie Andreeva,Nancy|date=2012-11-28|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} Wolf Hall,{{Cite news|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3044591/why-americans-will-fall-for-wolf-hall-and-the-latest-troubled-hero-thomas-cromwell|title=Why Americans Will Fall For "Wolf Hall" And The Latest Complicated Hero, Thomas Cromwell|date=2015-04-03|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} a Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning six-part miniseries starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis and Claire Foy for BBC and Masterpiece, which was an adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, and The Dresser,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/anthony-hopkins-ian-mckellen-the-dresser-set-1201395026/|title=Anthony Hopkins & Ian McKellen Talk Tyrannical Directors, State of TV & Finally Working Together On 'The Dresser'|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=2015-03-20|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} a television adaptation of Ronald Harwood's classic play starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins for BBC and Starz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playgroundentertainment.com/productions|title=Productions|website=Playground Entertainment|language=en|access-date=2018-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162458/https://www.playgroundentertainment.com/productions|archive-date=2 August 2018|url-status=dead}}
In 2017, Callender produced Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan's adaptation of Howards End for the BBC and Starz, Heidi Thomas's adaptation of Little Women for the BBC and Masterpiece, and Richard Eyre's adaptation of King Lear starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson for the BBC and Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/anthony-hopkins-emma-thompson-king-lear-cast-bbc-two-amazon-playground-sonia-friedman-1202182395/|title='King Lear': Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson To Reunite For BBC2 & Amazon|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=2017-10-05|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}
Callender produced Lucy Kirkwood's adaptation of her play Chimerica for Channel 4,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/lucy-kirkwoods-u-s-china-drama-chimerica-set-for-c4-adaptation-by-playground-1202270312/|title=Lucy Kirkwood's U.S./China Drama 'Chimerica' Set For C4 Adaptation|last=White|first=Peter|date=2018-01-26|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}} and The Spanish Princess, a sequel to The White Queen and The White Princess, for Starz.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/starz-spanish-princess-philippa-gregory-1202727664/|title=Starz Greenlights Limited Series 'Spanish Princess' Based on Philippa Gregory Novels|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-03-15|work=Variety|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}
Callender currently produces the hit adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small for Channel 5 and Masterpiece on PBS,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/all-creatures-great-and-small-viacoms-c5-teams-with-howards-end-producer-playground-pbss-masterpiece-for-uk-series-1202638713/|title='All Creatures Great And Small': Viacom's C5 Teams With 'Howards End' Producer Playground & PBS's Masterpiece For UK Series Reboot|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=2019-06-27|work=Deadline|access-date=2020-06-18|language=en-US}} Peter Kosminsky's The Undeclared War starring Simon Pegg, Hannah Khalique-Brown, Adrian Lester and Mark Rylance for Channel 4 and Peacock,{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-undeclared-war-mark-rylance-simon-pegg-peacock-channel-4-peter-kosminsky-1234744728/ | title=Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg Headline Peter Kosminsky's 'The Undeclared War' for Peacock & Channel 4 | date=27 April 2021 }} and a reimagining of the classic novel Dangerous Liaisons for Starz.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/starz-dangerous-liaisons-1202651012/|title='Dangerous Liaisons' Series Lands At Starz; Harriet Warner To Write, Colin Callender's Playground Entertainment & Tony Krantz's Flame Ventures To Produce|last=White|first=Peter|date=2019-07-26|work=Deadline|access-date=2020-06-18|language=en-US}}
Credits
= Primetime Television =
== Television ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- Swallows and Amazons (1984)
- Separate Tables (1983)
- Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983)
- The Captain's Doll (1983)
- The Deadly Game (1982)
- The Life and Adventure of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
- Brendon Chase (1980–1981)
}}
= The Callender Company =
== Television ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- Prisoner of Honour (1991)
- The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987–1997)
- The Bretts (1987)
- Timeslip (1985)
- White City (1985)
- Arch of Triumph (1984)
- Scrabble (1984–1985)
}}
== Feature films ==
- Madame Sousatzka (1988)
- The Belly of an Architect (1987)
= HBO =
Television Films
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
- Temple Grandin (2010)
- Into the Storm (2009)
- Grey Gardens (2009)
- Taking Chance (2009)
- My Zinc Bed (2008)
- Recount (2008)
- A Number (2008)
- Life Support (2007)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
- Walkout (2006)
- Longford (2006)
- Starter for Ten (2006)
- As You Like It (2006)
- Pinochet's Last Stand (2006)
- Pu-239 (2006)
- Bernard and Doris (2006)
- Lackawanna Blues (2005)
- Sometimes in April (2005)
- Warm Springs (2005)
- The Girl in the Café (2005)
- Mrs. Harris (2005)
- Angel Rodriguez (2005)
- Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
- Everyday People (2004)
- Strip Search (2004)
- Something the Lord Made (2004)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
- Dirty War (2004)
- Yesterday (2004)
- The Fever (2004)
- Normal (2003)
- My House in Umbria (2003)
- Undefeated (2003)
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
- The Laramie Project (2002)
- The Gathering Storm (2002)
- Path to War (2002)
- Point of Origin (2002)
- Hysterical Blindness (2002)
- Live from Baghdad (2002)
- Boycott (2001)
- Wit (2001)
- 61* (2001)
- Conspiracy (2001)
- Dinner with Friends (2001)
- Shot in the Heart (2001)
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
- Cheaters (2000)
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
- Disappearing Acts (2000)
- Dancing in September (2000)
- Middle Passage (2000)
- Lumumba (2000)
- A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
- RKO 281 (1999)
- Witness Protection (1999)
- The Pentagon Wars (1998)
- Always Outnumbered (1998)
- When Trumpets Fade (1998)
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
- In the Gloaming (1997)
- Path to Paradise (1997)
- Hostile Waters (1997)
- Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
- First Time Felon (1997)
- Deadly Voyage (1996)
- If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
- Mistrial (1996)
- The Infiltrator (1995)
- State of Emergency (1994)
- Doomsday Gun (1994)
- Daybreak (1993)
- Strapped (1993)
- Mi Vida Loca (1993)
- A Private Matter (1992)
- Hostages (1992)
- Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991)
- One Man's War (1991)
- Women and Men 2 (1991)
- Prisoner of Honour (1991)
- Dead Ahead (1991)
- Fellow Traveller (1990)
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
- Criminal Justice (1990)
- The Tragedy of Flight 103 (1990)
- Dead Man Out (1989)
- Time Flies When You're Alive (1989)
- Tailspin (1989)
- Age-Old Friends (1989)
- Lip Service (1988)
- Tidy Endings (1988)
- The Christmas Wife (1988)
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Television Miniseries
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- The Pacific (2010)
- John Adams (2008)
- House of Saddam (2008)
- Generation Kill (2008)
- Five Days (2007)
- Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)
- Empire Falls (2005)
- Elizabeth I (2005)
- Angels in America (2003)
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Feature Films
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- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
- La Vie En Rose (2007)
- Rocket Science (2007)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- The Notorious Betty Page (2005)
- Last Days (2005)
- Maria Full of Grace (2004)
- Elephant (2003)
- American Splendor (2003)
- Real Women Have Curves (2002)
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
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Television
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- Dangerous Liaisons (2022-present)
- The Undeclared War (2022-present)
- All Creatures Great and Small (2020-present)
- The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)
- Chimerica (2019)
- King Lear (2018)
- Little Women (2017)
- Howards End (2017)
- The White Princess (2017)
- The Missing 2 (2016)
- The Dresser (2015)
- Wolf Hall (2015)
- The Missing (2014)
- Dracula (2013)
- The White Queen (2013)
- Dancing on the Edge (2013)
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Theater
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- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016–present)
- Dear Evan Hansen (2016–present)
- Rosmersholm (2019), in the West End
- 1984 (2017), on Broadway
- The Glass Menagerie (2017), in the West End
- Dreamgirls (2016–present), in the West End
- The River (2014), on Broadway
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014–2015), on Broadway
- Macbeth (2014), at the Park Avenue Armory in New York
- Casa Valentina (2014), on Broadway
- Lucky Guy (2013), on Broadway
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Awards and nominations
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! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated Work ! Result | |
| 1983
|Outstanding Limited Series |The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |Won | |
| 2002
|Writers Guild of America Awards |Evelyn F. Burkey Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2003
|Humanitarian Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2003
|Visionary Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2006
|Distinction in Theater Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2006
|Vision Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2006
|Kiezer Award |Colin Callender |Won | |
| 2013
|Lucky Guy |Nominated | |
| 2013
|Best Miniseries or Television Film |Nominated | |
| 2013
|Satellite Award |Best Miniseries or Television Film |Won | |
| 2013
|Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |Dancing on the Edge |Nominated | |
| 2013
|Golden Globe Award |Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |The White Queen |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Golden Globe Award |Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play |Lucky Guy |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Drama League Award |Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play |Casa Valentina |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Drama League Award |Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical |Hedwig and the Angry Inch |Won | |
| 2014
|Outstanding New Broadway Play |Lucky Guy |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Outer Critics Circle Award |Outstanding New Broadway Play |Casa Valentina |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Outer Critics Circle Award |Outstanding Revival of a Musical |Hedwig and the Angry Inch |Won | |
| 2014
|Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical |Hedwig and the Angry Inch |Won | |
| 2014
|Tony Award |Casa Valentina |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Tony Award |Hedwig and the Angry Inch |Won | |
| 2014
|Critic's Choice Television Award |Best Miniseries |Dancing on the Edge |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Favorite TV Movie / Miniseries |The White Queen |Nominated | |
| 2014
|Outstanding Limited Series |The White Queen |Nominated | |
| 2015
|Best Drama Series |The Missing |Nominated | |
| 2015
|BAFTA Television Award |Audience Award |The Missing |Nominated | |
| 2015
|Best Long Form Fiction Series |The Missing |Nominated | |
| 2015
|Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |Won | |
| 2015
|Entertainment Programming |Wolf Hall |Won | |
| 2015
|Primetime Emmy Award |Outstanding Limited Series |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2015
|Critic's Choice Television Award |Best Miniseries |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2015
|Satellite Award |Best Miniseries or Television Film |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2016
|BAFTA Television Award |Best Drama Series |Wolf Hall |Won | |
| 2016
|Broadcasting Press Guild Award |Best Drama Series |Wolf Hall |Won | |
| 2016
|Royal Television Society Award |Best Drama Serial |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2016
|Golden Nymph Award |Best Long Form Fiction Series |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2016
|Television Critics Association Award |Outstanding Achievement in Movie or Miniseries |Wolf Hall |Nominated | |
| 2016
|Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |Nominated | |
| 2016
|Satellite Award |Best Miniseries or Television Film |The Dresser |Nominated | |
| 2016
|Evening Standard Theatre Award |Best Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2016
|Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical |Won | |
| 2016
|Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical |Dear Evan Hansen |Nominated | |
| 2017
|Drama League Award |Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical |Dear Evan Hansen |Won | |
| 2017
|Outstanding Musical |Dear Evan Hansen |Nominated | |
| 2017
|Tony Award | Best Musical
|Dear Evan Hansen |Won |
| 2017
|Best New Musical |Nominated | |
| 2017
|WhatsOnStage Award |Best New Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2017
|Theatre Award |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2017
|Best New Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2017
|Laurence Olivier Award |Best New Musical |Dreamgirls |Nominated | |
| 2017
|Laurence Olivier Award |Best Revival |Nominated | |
| 2018
|Best Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2018
|Outstanding New Broadway Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2018
|Tony Award |Best Play |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2018
|WhatsOnStage Award |Best West End Show |Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |Won | |
| 2018
|South Bank Sky Arts Award |Television Award |Won | |
| 2018
|BAFTA Television Award |Best Miniseries |Howards End |Nominated | |
| 2018
|Golden Nymph Award |Best Long Form Fiction Series |Howards End |Nominated | |
| 2018
|Television Critics Association Award |Outstanding Achievement in Movie or Miniseries |Howards End |Nominated | |
| 2019
|Primetime Emmy Award |Outstanding Television Movie |King Lear |Nominated |
Personal life
He is married to attorney Elizabeth Gaine with whom he has two daughters, Caroline and Charlotte. He also has a son from a previous marriage.
Callender was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to the UK film and television industries in the USA{{London Gazette |issue=56963 | date=14 June 2003| |page=25 |supp=y}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/06/16/queen-elizabeth-knights-moore-mirren/ |title=On Her Majesty's Secret Service |date=16 June 2003 |access-date=2 December 2012 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Gary|last=Susman}} and was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to the British creative industries.{{London Gazette|issue=61450|supp=y|page=N2|date=30 December 2015}}
Callender is a trustee and supporter of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the New York Public Theater and The Creative Coalition. In the past, he has also been a trustee of the New York branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130456/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}
References
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External links
- http://www.emmys.tv/news/2006/kieser-award-colin-callender
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435099/The-most-influential-Britons-in-America-30-21.html
- http://www.designing-media.com/interviews/ColinCallender
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Category:Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Category:British television producers
Category:British media executives