---
name: "Colin Cairnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-cairnes"
fi1m_id: "colin-cairnes"
imdb_id: "nm1454108"
tmdb_id: 1083156
wikidata_id: "Q114158048"
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:58:53.184189+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 Cairnes

## Identity

Colin Cairnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colin-cairnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colin-cairnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1454108
- **TMDB ID:** 1083156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114158048
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114158048, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1454108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1083156

Editor and director. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114158048, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1454108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1083156

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Late Night with the Devil*](https://film.one/film/late-night-with-the-devil.md) (74)

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## Biography

Colin Cairnes is an Australian filmmaker, one half of the Cairnes Brothers writing and directing duo with his sibling Cameron. He works as a director, writer and editor, primarily in horror and comedy.

The brothers made their feature debut with the horror comedy *100 Bloody Acres* (2012). They followed it with the horror film *Scare Campaign* (2016). Cairnes has also directed television series including *Fancy Boy* (2016–2017) and episodes of *True Story with Hamish & Andy* (2018).

Their third feature, the supernatural horror *Late Night with the Devil* (2023), on which Cairnes served as writer, director and editor, stars David Dastmalchian.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Late Night with the Devil* (2024), Fi1m 74, Editor, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/late-night-with-the-devil.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Night Owls Episode 335* (2024), Director, Writer
- *Late Night with the Devil* (2024), Writer, Director, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/late-night-with-the-devil.md)
- *Scout* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Dark Place* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Killer Native* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Vale Light* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Foe* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Shore* (2019), Executive Producer
- *How to Stay Married* (2018), series, Director
- *True Story with Hamish & Andy* (2017), series, Director
- *Fancy Boy* (2016), series, Director
- *Scare Campaign* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Madeleine* (2015), Writer
- *Warren and Hal* (2014), series, Producer, Director
- *100 Bloody Acres* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Celestial Avenue* (2009), Writer, Director
- *Beggar's Belief* (2008), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Parental Guidance* (2007), series, Director
- *They Shoot Hostages, Don't They?* (2002), as The Bird · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *One Shot Wonder* (2001), Writer
- *Brand New Towkay* (2001), series, Producer, Director
- *Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd* (1997), series, Producer, Writer, Director
- *Under One Roof* (1995), series, Director

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