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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 (age 42); 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Col Needham at the Internet Movie Database

[imdb-bio-0] Biography for Col Needham from Internet Movie Database

[nyt-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Nikki Finke (5 August 2004). "Do You IMDB?". L.A. Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/38770. Retrieved 19 October 2009.

[4] "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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[edit] Career

[edit] Personal life

[edit] References

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