Jim Hosking is a British

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. His first feature film ''

The Greasy Strangler ''The Greasy Strangler'' is a 2016 American black comedy horror film directed by Jim Hosking, and written by Hosking and Toby Harvard. The film stars Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Abdoulaye NGom and Holland MacF ...

'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2016. It went on to win The Discovery Award at the

British Independent Film Awards 2016 The 19th British Independent Film Awards nominations were announced on 1 November 2016. Awards Best British Independent Film *''American Honey'' *''Couple in a Hole'' *''I, Daniel Blake'' *''Notes on Blindness'' *'' Under the Shadow'' Best Direc ...

. It also won Best Comedy at the

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Film Awards 2017. His second feature film '' An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2018. Hosking co-wrote and directed the show ''

Tropical Cop Tales ''Tropical Cop Tales'' is an American comedy television series created by Jim Hosking and Toby Harvard for Adult Swim. The show revolves around two burned-out city cops, Keymarion "Primetime" Weeyums and Demetrius "Meechie" Franks, who have both ...

'', which premiered on 1 February 2019 on

Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as

dult swim Dult is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representativ ...

and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...

in the US.

Filmography

Short film Feature film Television

References

External links

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Official Jim Hosking website
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