Col Needham is the founder and CEO of The Internet Movie Database
(IMDb.com). Born and living in the UK, Col has had a lifelong interest
in both technology and movies. After starting a computer games software
business at the age of 14, he went on to complete a computer science
degree at Leeds University before commencing a career in technology
research in Bristol, England. IMDb grew out of a personal database of
movie information which Col created as a teenager, combined with similar
data collected on the Internet in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Col
published the first version of IMDb online in October 1990 and
co-ordinated IMDb as a worldwide volunteer effort from 1990-1996. IMDb
incorporated in January 1996 with the volunteers as shareholders and
IMDb became a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com in April 1998. Col
continues in his original role to this day, working from an office in
Bristol with IMDb staff members in countries around the world.
From the imdb website it lets you download a copy of Col needham, or the imdb logo, different variations of the logo. Also you can download the IMDb Trivia Game for iPhone and iPod touch. and you can download the screenshots of this game which may be handy if we decide to advertise this in the mag.
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