Tom Kingsley is an English television and film director. He is best known for directing the three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018-2021), and the comedy series Ghosts (2019-2023). His debut feature film, Black Pond (2011), co-directed with Will Sharpe, was nominated for several awards. Including a BAFTA for Best British Debut.
Early life and education Tom 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. He was a member of the comedy group Footlights at Cambridge, directing the Footlights Revue "Wham Bam" at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe.
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. Over the next year, he began directing music videos and commercials.
In 2011 Kingsley and Will Sharpe released their low-budget feature-length film Black Pond.
In 2022, Kingsley directed Wild Blue Yonder, the second of the 60th anniversary specials for Doctor Who, screened in December 2023.
Awards Black Pond led to Kingsley and Sharpe being nominated for Outstanding Debut at the 2012 Baftas, and winning Most Promising Newcomer(s) at the Evening Standard Film Awards. It was listed as a film of the year in the New Statesman and the Financial Times. and was nominated in the 2011 British Independent Film Awards, and an award at the 2011 Raindance Film Festival. The film was also nominated at the Evening Standard Film Awards, and for the 2012 Guardian First Film Award.
His Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats has won three BAFTA awards.
Filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer Editor DoP 2009 Gokiburi
Feature film Year Title Director Producer Editor Notes 2011 Black Pond Also animation, visual effects and story writer 2016 The Darkest Universe 2025 Deep Cover
Television Year Title Notes 2016 Year Friends Episode "July" Halloween Comedy Shorts Episode "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God" (Also editor) 2017 Pls Like 12 episodes (Also edited 6 episodes) 2018 True Horror Episode "Hellfire Farm" (Also writer) Stath Lets Flats 12 episodes 2019 Ghosts 13 episodes 2021 This Is Going to Hurt 3 episodes2023 Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat TV special (Also executive producer) Doctor Who Episode "Wild Blue Yonder"2026Alice and Steve6 episodes
References
External links Official website
Kingsley's YouTube channel