| Col Needham | |
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 Col Needham at a party for directors of Spanish language films at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival |
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| Born | Colin Needham 26 January 1967 [1] Manchester, England |
| Residence | Stoke Gifford, England |
| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Managing director |
| Employer | Amazon.com |
| Known for | Co-founder of Internet Movie Database |
Col 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 1999.
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Career
IMDb was started in 1990 by Needham and "some film-buff friends" 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
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
- ^ a b c Biography for Col Needham from Internet Movie Database
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nikki Finke (5 August 2004). "Do You IMDB?". L.A. Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/38770. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "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.
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