Sometimes billed as Charles C. "Buddy" Coleman. Entered American film as an assistant director at DeMille Pictures on THE GIRL IN THE PULLMAN (1927). Other notable a.d. credits include BROADWAY SCANDALS (1929), HELL'S ISLAND and HURRICANE (both 1930), MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936), LOST HORIZON (1937), HOLIDAY INN and THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (both 1942), FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (1943), DOUBLE INDEMNITY and HERE COME THE WAVES (both 1944), THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), THE BLUE DAHLIA and BLUE SKIES (both 1946), THE PERILS OF PAULINE (1947), THE EMPEROR WALTZ and A FOREIGN AFFAIR (both 1948), THE HEIRESS (1949), SUNSET BLVD. (1950), A PLACE IN THE SUN and DETECTIVE STORY (both 1951), SABRINA (1954), THE DESPERATE HOURS, ARTISTS AND MODELS and THE FAR HORIZONS (all 1955), THE RAINMAKER (1956), THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, SAD SACK and THE JOKER IS WILD (all 1957), THE GEISHA BOY (1958), LI'L ABNER (1959), HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (1960), THE LADIES' MAN (1961), HUD (1963), KISS ME, STUPID (1964) and GENGHIS KHAN (1965). From 1934 until 1939, Coleman also directed several "B" features at Columbia.    Nominated for Assistant Director 1937: LOST HORIZON 1 nomination