Tom Kingsley

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Tom Kingsley
Born
London, England
Education Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
OccupationFilm director
Years active2009–present

Tom Kingsley is an English TV and film director. He is best known for directing Ghosts and three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats . His work has been nominated for the 2012 BAFTAs, [1] the 2011 British Independent Film Awards, [2] the Guardian First Film Award, [3] the Evening Standard Film Awards, [4] and the Raindance Film Festival. [5]

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Education

Kingsley was educated at Eton College, a boarding independent school for boys in Eton in Berkshire, followed by Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied English, [6] and was a member of the comedy group Footlights, directing the Footlights Revue "Wham Bam" at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe. [7]

Life and career

In 2008, Kingsley worked as a runner at Blink, the Soho-based production company, after sending them a DVD containing several of his short films. [8] Over the next year, he began directing music videos and commercials. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

In 2011 Kingsley and Will Sharpe released their low-budget feature-length film Black Pond . [15] The film led to Kingsley and Sharpe being nominated for Outstanding Debut at the Baftas, and winning Most Promising Newcomer(s) at the Evening Standard Film Awards. [16] It was listed as a film of the year in the New Statesman and the Financial Times . [17] [18]

In 2022, Kingsley directed Wild Blue Yonder , the second of the 60th anniversary specials for Doctor Who , screened in December 2023. [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditorNotes
2009GokiburiYesYesNoYesShort film; Also cinematographer
2011 Black Pond YesStoryYesYesAlso animation and visual effects
2016 The Darkest Universe YesNoYesYes
2024 Deep Cover YesNoNoNo

Television

YearTitleNotes
2016Year FriendsEpisode "July"
Halloween Comedy ShortsEpisode "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God" (Also editor)
2017 Pls Like 12 episodes (Also edited 6 episodes)
2018True HorrorEpisode "Hellfire Farm" (Also writer)
Stath Lets Flats 12 episodes
2019 Ghosts 13 episodes
2021 This Is Going to Hurt 3 episodes
2023 Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat TV special (Also executive producer)
Doctor Who Episode "Wild Blue Yonder"

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References

  1. ↑ "BAFTA nominations 2012". 19 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "BIFA nominations 2011". BIFA. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Pulver, Andrew (10 January 2012). "Guardian First Film Award 2012". The Guardian. London.
  4. ↑ "Evening Standard Film Awards nominations 2012". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Raindance Film Festival nominations 2011".
  6. ↑ "Varsity ('100 Creative Arts' section; page 4)" (PDF). Varsity magazine, University of Cambridge. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "2000". Footlights.org. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Colonel Blimp - Colonel Blimp".
  9. ↑ "Promo News " Blog Archive " Mujeres' Reyerta by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Young Director Award". YoungDirectorAward.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Promo News " Blog Archive " Don Fardon's I'm Alive by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "Promo News " Blog Archive " Darwin Deez's Up in the Clouds by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Promo News " Blog Archive " Gullemots' The Basket by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  14. ↑ Cragg, Michael (9 March 2011). "New music exclusive: Guillemots – The Basket | Music | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  15. ↑ RaindanceTV. "Black Pond - Interview". YouTube. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  16. ↑ "Evening Standard Film Awards". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  17. ↑ "New Statesman Films of the Year 2011". 27 December 2011.
  18. ↑ "Financial Times films of the year 2011".
  19. ↑ Laford, Andrew (6 September 2022). "Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials: third director discovered". CultBox. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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