Tom Kingsley

Tom Kingsley (born 18 November 1985 in London, England) is an English film director. He is best known for co-directing Black Pond, a 2011 feature film starring Chris Langham and Simon Amstell.[1] He first made his name directing music videos and adverts.[2] He was shortlisted for Best New Director at the 2010 Music Video Awards, and his work has been nominated for the 2012 BAFTAs,[3] the 2011 British Independent Film Awards,[4] the Guardian First Film Award,[5] the Evening Standard Film Awards,[6] and the Raindance Film Festival.[7]

Tom Kingsley
Born (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985
London, England
EducationEton College
Alma materGonville and Caius College (University of Cambridge)
OccupationFilm director
Years active2009–present

Education

Kingsley was educated at Eton College, a boarding independent school for boys in Eton in Berkshire, followed by Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied English,[8] and was a member of the comedy group Footlights, directing the Footlights Revue "Wham Bam" at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe.[9]

Life and career

Kingsley made his first feature-length film when he was 12 years old - a 70-minute James Bond spoof called Black Eye. In 2008, he joined Blink, the Soho-based production company, after sending them a DVD containing several of his short films.[10] Following a short apprenticeship, he began directing music videos and commercials. Kingsley's work was well received in the industry press[11][12][13][14][15][16] and led to his being shortlisted for the Best New Director prize at the 2010 Music Video Awards.

In summer 2009, Kingsley travelled with his long-time collaborator, Will Sharpe, to Japan to direct "Cockroach", a 30-minute short.[17] Buoyed by the experience, in early 2010 the pair began work on a feature-length film: Black Pond, which was shot in August of that year, on a tiny £25,000 budget.[18] Released in November 2011, Black Pond received overwhelmingly positive reviews,[19][20][21][22] though it initially attracted controversy because of the casting of Chris Langham. The film sold out every night of its limited London run, and was shortlisted for a BAFTA, two Evening Standard film awards, a British Independent Film Award, and at the Raindance Film Festival. It received a four-star rating from The Times, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The List, and Little White Lies.[19][20][21][22] The Independent called it "a funny and very well-observed low budget British movie".[23] It was listed as a film of the year in the New Statesman and the Financial Times.[24][25]

The film led to Kingsley and Sharpe being nominated for Outstanding Debut at the Baftas, and Kingsley as Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard Film Awards.[26]

Filmography

Feature films

TV series

References
  1. Black Pond on IMDB
  2. Summary of Kingsley's career on PromoNews.tv
  3. "BAFTA nominations 2012".
  4. "BIFA nominations 2011". BIFA. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. Pulver, Andrew (10 January 2012). "Guardian First Film Award 2012". The Guardian. London.
  6. "Evening Standard Film Awards nominations 2012". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  7. "Raindance Film Festival nominations 2011".
  8. "Varsity ('100 Creative Arts' section; page 4)" (PDF). Varsity magazine, University of Cambridge. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  9. "2000". Footlights.org. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  10. http://www.colonelblimp.com/#artist_tomkingsley
  11. "Promo News " Blog Archive " Mujeres' Reyerta by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  12. "Young Director Award". YoungDirectorAward.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  13. "Promo News " Blog Archive " Don Fardon's I'm Alive by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  14. "Promo News " Blog Archive " Darwin Deez's Up In The Clouds by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  15. "Promo News " Blog Archive " Gullemots' The Basket by Tom Kingsley " Promo News". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  16. Cragg, Michael (9 March 2011). "New music exclusive: Guillemots – The Basket | Music | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  17. http://www.tomkingsley.com/shots%20print%20preview.pdf
  18. RaindanceTV. "Black Pond - Interview". YouTube. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  19. Peter Bradshaw (10 November 2011). "Guardian review of Black Pond – review | Film". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  20. "Times review of Black Pond". Blackpondfilm.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  21. Little White Lies magazine. "Black Pond review | film". littlewhitelies.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  22. "Evening Standard review of Black Pond". thisislondon.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  23. MacNab, Geoffrey (3 October 2011). "The Independent: Film Reviews". First Night: Black Pond, Raindance Festival, London. The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  24. "New Statesman Films of the Year 2011".
  25. "Financial Times films of the year 2011".
  26. "Evening Standard Film Awards". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
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