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name: "Colin Blakemore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-blakemore"
fi1m_id: "colin-blakemore"
imdb_id: "nm2157950"
tmdb_id: 1204261
wikidata_id: "Q5144893"
roles: []
born: "1 June 1944"
died: "27 June 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:58:32.792925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Colin Blakemore

## Identity

Colin Blakemore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colin-blakemore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colin-blakemore
- **IMDb ID:** nm2157950
- **TMDB ID:** 1204261
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5144893
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blakemore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5144893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2157950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204261

Actor. Born 1 June 1944 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK. Died 27 June 2022.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 June 1944, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 27 June 2022
- **Also known as:** Colin Brian Blakemore, Sir Colin Brian Blakemore
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blakemore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5144893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2157950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204261

## Biography

Colin Blakemore was a British neurobiologist specialising in vision and the development of the brain. He held positions including Professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.

Blakemore appeared as himself in the 2013 documentary *Tim's Vermeer*, discussing visual perception in relation to the film's exploration of painting techniques.

*Sources: imdb.com, talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tim's Vermeer* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/tims-vermeer.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 13 won

- Knight Bachelor 2014: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Ralph W. Gerard Prize 2012: Ralph W. Gerard Prize (won)
- honorary doctorate 2011: honorary doctorate (won)
- Edinburgh Medal 2005: Edinburgh Medal (won)
- Harveian Oration 2005: Harveian Oration (won)
- Baly Medal 2001: Baly Medal (won)
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 1998: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (won)
- Annual Review Prize Lecture 1995: Annual Review Prize Lecture (won)
- Charles F. Prentice Medal 1994: Charles F. Prentice Medal (won)
- Ellison–Cliffe Lecture 1993: Ellison–Cliffe Lecture (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society 1992: Fellow of the Royal Society (won)
- G L Brown Prize Lecture 1989: G L Brown Prize Lecture (won)
- Michael Faraday Prize 1989: Michael Faraday Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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