Paul King (director)
| Paul King | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Thomas King 1978 (age 37–38) |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Paul King (born 1978) is a British writer and director. He works in television, film and theatre, and specialises in comedy. For his work on Paddington, he was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards.
Career
King graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge University with first-class honours in English in 1999.[1] While at Cambridge he met Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe, and went on to direct them at the Edinburgh Festival in "Garth Marenghi's FrightKnight" (nominated for the Perrier Award in 2000), and "Netherhead" (Perrier Award winner 2001). King worked as Associate Director on the subsequent TV transfer, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a six-part series for Channel 4. In 2002, King garnered another Perrier Award nomination for directing Noel Fielding's Edinburgh Festival show, "Voodoo Hedgehog".
Paul King is also the director for The Mighty Boosh.[2] He has directed all three series (earning a BAFTA nomination as Best New Director in 2004[3]), as well as their live tour shows in 2006 and 2008. King was originally brought in after the director of the pilot, Steve Bendelack, was unavailable to direct the first series. He also directed Matt Lucas and David Walliams' 2011 airport mockumentary Come Fly With Me.
King wrote his first feature film, Bunny and the Bull, in 2009, which he also directed. The film stars Simon Farnaby and Edward Hogg, with cameos from Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade and Julian Barratt.[4]
King also co-wrote and directed the 2014 comedy film Paddington.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-2007 | "The Mighty Boosh" TV Series | Director |
| 2009 | Bunny and the Bull | Director, writer |
| 2014 | Paddington | Director, writer |
| 2017 | Paddington 2[6] | Director, writer |
| TBA | Meet The Beatles[7] | Director |
References
- ↑ Congregations of the Regent House on 25 and 26 June 1999
- ↑ The Mighty Boosh production team BBC: 10 October 2007
- ↑ BAFTA nominations 2004
- ↑ Bunny and the Bull at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Singh, Anita (14 May 2012). "David Heyman: Paddington Bear is a story about an outsider finding a home". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-studiocanal-david-heyman-produced-paddington2-1201770225/
- ↑ http://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/09/28/meet-the-beatles-animated-musical-in-development-at-warner-bros/
External links
- Paul King at the Internet Movie Database