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Colin Higgins (July 28, 1941 – August 5, 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. and for directing the films Foul Play (1978) and Nine to Five (1980). Higgins was born in Nouméa, New Caledonia to an Australian mother and American father. Higgins’ father enlisted in the army following the attack on Pearl Harbour, and his mother returned to her home in Sydney with Colin and his elder brother. Apart from a brief stint in San Francisco in 1945, Higgins lived in Sydney... MORE

Colin Higgins (July 28, 1941 – August 5, 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. and for directing the films Foul Play (1978) and Nine to Five (1980). Higgins was born in Nouméa, New Caledonia to an Australian mother and American father. Higgins’ father enlisted in the army following the attack on Pearl Harbour, and his mother returned to her home in Sydney with Colin and his elder brother. Apart from a brief stint in San Francisco in 1945, Higgins lived in Sydney until 1957, mostly in the suburb of Hunters Hill, attending school at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. After moving to Redwood, California, Higgins attended Stanford University for a year, but then lost his scholarship "because I became so obsessed with theatre". He moved to New York and hung around the Actors Studio but could not find work, so he became a page at the ABC television studios. He lost hope at becoming an actor and enlisted in the US Army, where he was sent to Germany and worked for Stars and Stripes newspaper. He was discharged in 1965, spent six months in Europe, mostly in Paris, then LESS