Col Needham

Col Needham
Needham in 2002
Born (1967-01-26) 26 January 1967 (age 57)
Denton, Lancashire, England
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BSc)
Occupation(s)Founder, CEO, and general manager of IMDb
Spouse
Karen (nee Gaskin) Needham
(m. 1989)
Children2

Colin Needham (born 26 January 1967)[1] is a British computer engineer who is known as the founder and CEO of IMDb.[2] He has been general manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon in 1998.[3][4]

  1. ^ Siklos, Richard (28 May 2006). "From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Col Needham Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ Col Needham at IMDb
  4. ^ Shoard, Catherine (12 May 2013). "Six degrees of IMDb founder Col Needham This man has seen 8,524 movies. How does he know? Because he invented the Internet Movie Database – the indispensable cinema encyclopaedia – and put Bristol on Hollywood's map". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.

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