Colin Higgins(1941-1988)

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Director
Producer

Colin Higgins in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

Colin Higgins was born on 28 July 1941 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, France. He was a writer and director, known for 9 to 5 (1980), Foul Play (1978) and Harold and Maude (1971). He died on 5 August 1988 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 5 nominations total

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9 to 5

6.9

Writer

1980

Foul Play

6.8

Writer

1978

Harold and Maude

7.9

Writer

1971

Silver Streak

6.9

Writer

1976

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7.5
TV Series
- by
- 2001
Out on a Limb
7.1
TV Mini Series
- teleplay
- 1987
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
6.1
- screenplay
- 1982
Foul Play
6.1
TV Series
- based on the film "Foul Play" by
- 1981
9 to 5
6.9
- screenplay
- 1980
Harold et Maud
8.8
TV Movie
- play
- 1978
Foul Play
6.8
- written by
- 1978
Silver Streak
6.9
- written by
- 1976
The Devil's Daughter
5.8
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1973
Harold and Maude
7.9
- written by
- 1971

Director

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His screenplay for Harold and Maude (1971) was based on his thesis for the UCLA screenwriting MFA program.

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