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Robbie Collin

British film critic

British film critic

Robbie Collin is a British film critic.

Collin studied aesthetics and the philosophy of film at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He edited the university's student newspaper, The Saint.

Collin has been the chief film critic at The Daily Telegraph since 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he wrote a weekly film column for the News of the World until the newspaper's closure. That year he was shortlisted for Critic of the Year at the British Press Awards, and was shortlisted again in 2017, when he was highly commended by the jury.

He appeared on the Channel 4 Vue Film Show, presented by Edith Bowman, and contributed to the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. In August 2013 he guest presented BBC Radio 4's Film programme. He guest-presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, also with Edith Bowman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Ben Bailey Smith.

In 2018 Collin compiled a list of the 100 greatest films of all time for the Telegraph, with Singin' in the Rain at number one.

References

References

  1. Collin, Robbie. (8 October 2011). "Hello. My name is Robbie. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be your film critic.". Telegraph.
  2. (25 February 2011). "British Press Awards 2011: full list of nominees | Media | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian.
  3. (17 March 2017). "Daily Mail named Newspaper of the Year at Press Awards". Newsworks.
  4. (25 June 2018). "The Telegraph 100 Greatest Films". The Telegraph.
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