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Tom Kingsley

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]

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 the second of the 60th anniversary specials for Doctor Who, screened in December 2023.[19]

Filmography

Film

Television

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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