Col Needham (born January 26, 1967, Manchester, England)[1][2] is the 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.
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 movie-related ad campaign (for Independence Day) Needham 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 has been married since 1989; he and his wife Karen 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 From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts, a May 28, 2006 article from The New York Times
- ^ IMDb's 18th Anniversary: Founder Needham's Ten Best List from 'Variety magazine's "Thompson on Hollywood" blog
- ^ Do You IMDb?, an August 5, 2004 article from L.A. Weekly
- ^ 3rd Annual Webby Awards from the Webby Awards website
Categories: English businesspeople | Internet personalities | People from Manchester | 1967 births | Living people
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