Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand
film producer and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
, best known for producing ''
The ABCs of Death'' series, ''
Turbo Kid'', ''
Deathgasm'' and ''
The Greasy Strangler''. He founded and hosts the
48Hours film contest.
Career
In 2003, Timpson founded the annual
48Hours film challenge, a New Zealand-based competition where teams of filmmakers create a short film in 48 hours.
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and
Te Radar won in the festival's first year.
The film ''
Turbo Kid'' originated as a submission for the "T" segment in ''
ABCs of Death''. Though not selected, Timpson was impressed and approached the filmmakers to expand it into a feature. Timpson got
Elijah Wood
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and his production company,
SpectreVision, involved in producing ''
The Greasy Strangler''.
In 2016, he won the
British Independent Film Awards
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Discovery Award. Also in 2016, he won a
Saturn Award for Best International Film.
In January 2017, it was announced Timpson would produce a new horror anthology, ''
The Field Guide to Evil'', consisting of eight directors, each from a different nation. The crowdfunded project is unique in that it will allow backers the opportunity to have equity investment.
In 2019, his debut feature film ''
Come to Daddy'' premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film has a score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
His 2024 film ''
Bookworm'' premiered as the opening film of the 2024
Fantasia International Film Festival
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.
Personal life
Timpson grew up in
Auckland
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and briefly studied at
University of Otago
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intent on being a lawyer before dropping out.
Timpson believes censorship systems are archaic and started a fundraiser for a teacher who was fired for showing one of his films in her class.
He owns the biggest private collection of
35mm films in the
Southern Hemisphere.
References
External links
Timpson Films*
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1966 births
Living people
New Zealand producers