Sir Colin Nigel Callender CBE (born May 1952) is an award winning theatre, film and television producer, who is CEO of Playground Entertainment, a film, television and theatre production company founded in 2012.[2]
Alongside J. K. Rowling and Sonia Friedman, he co-produced a new project originally said to be about the life of Harry Potter with the Dursleys, but was developed into Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Callender's other credits include productions on Broadway such as Nora Ephron's Tony nominated Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks and Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford's critically acclaimed production of Macbeth at The Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Recent television productions include the award winning six-part BBC miniseries Wolf Hall and The Dresser for the BBC starring Ian McKellen. Callender has won an Emmy, Tony award, Golden Globe and Bafta award for his work. He founded the New York and London based production company Playground in 2012.[3]
