Colin Campbell (director)

James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a film director, actor and screenwriter.

[1][2] He directed more than 170 American films between 1911 and 1924; and wrote scripts for 60 films between 1911 and 1922.

He was born in Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.

Campbell married actress Blanche Crozier on March 2, 1912.

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An elephant picks up a basket with its trunk. Set photograph from the film A Wise Old Elephant directed by Colin Campbell (1913), Margaret Herrick Library .