Col Needham

Col Needham
Col Needham at a party for directors of Spanish language films at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival
Born	Colin Needham 26 January 1967 (1967-01-26) (age 44)[1] Manchester, England
Residence	Stoke Gifford, England
Nationality	United Kingdom
Occupation	Managing director
Employer	Amazon.com
Known for	Founder and CEO of Internet Movie Database

Colin Needham (born 26 January 1967, Manchester, England)^[1][2] is one of four founding partners^[3] of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), and has served as General Manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon.com in 1998.

Career

IMDb was started in 1990 by Col Needham while Needham was working as an engineer in Bristol at Hewlett-Packard (HP).^[2] By the summer of 1996, thanks to IMDb's first film-related advertising campaign (for Independence Day), Needham had quit HP to work on IMDb full-time as a paid employee.^[4]

In 1999, he collected two Webby Awards for IMDb.^[5]

Personal life

Born in 1967 in Denton, Tameside, Greater Manchester, Needham grew up on Stockport Road and attended Audenshaw School. He later went on to Hyde sixth form now Hyde Clarendon.^[6]

Needham and his wife Karen have been married since 1989. They have twin daughters and live in the village of Stoke Gifford, a suburb of Bristol, England.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Biography for Col Needham from Internet Movie Database
2. ^ ^{a b c} Richard Siklos (28 May 2006). "From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28frenzy.html. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
3. ^ Anne Thompson (20 October 2008). "IMDb's 18th Anniversary: Founder Needham's Ten Best List". "Thompson on Hollywood" (Variety weblog). http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2008/10/imdb-celebrates.html. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
4. ^ Nikki Finke (5 August 2004). "Do You IMDb?". L.A. Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/38770. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
5. ^ "3rd Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners". Webby Awards website. http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=3#webby_entry_movie. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
6. ^ Amy Glendinning. "I am IMDb: The millionaire film geek from Denton behind the world's top movie website". http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1404888_i_am_imdb_the_millionaire_film_geek_from_denton_behind_the_worlds_top_movie_website. 

External links

• Col Needham at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Needham, Colin
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Date of birth	26 January 1967
Place of birth	Manchester, England
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