Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Colin Cairnes
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 10Series: 6Crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 1083156
IMDb ID: nm1454108
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1995 - 2025
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.22
Wikidata: Q114158048
Other jobs
Director (8)Executive Producer (4)Writer (2)Producer (1)
Biography
Colin Cairnes is approximately one half of the Cairnes Brothers writing/directing duo. Col and Cam's debut feature, 100 Bloody Acres (starring Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson) was released in 2013 to rave reviews with Matt Zoller-Seitz at rogerebert.com calling it "the best low budget horror-comedy since Shaun of the Dead". The film won the Midnight X-treme Award at the Sitges Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Sampson) at the 2013 AACTAs - Australia's Academy Awards.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Colin Cairnes.
Lake Mungo Revisited
as Self
2025 Movie
8.7
Night Owls Episode 335
Director
2024 Movie
7.1
Late Night with the Devil
Writer
2024 Movie
Scout
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
5.3
Dark Place
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.0
Killer Native
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Vale Light
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
5.8
Scare Campaign
Director
2016 Movie
5.8
100 Bloody Acres
Writer
2012 Movie
Celestial Avenue
Director
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Colin Cairnes.
4.0
How to Stay Married
Director • 3 eps
2018 Series
7.0
True Story with Hamish & Andy
Director • 4 eps
2017 Series
Fancy Boy
Director • 6 eps
2016 Series
4.0
Parental Guidance
Director • 13 eps
2007 Series
Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
Producer • 20 eps
1997 Series
Under One Roof
Director • 22 eps
1995 Series