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Jim Hosking

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Jim Hosking is a British film director.

His first short film, Little Clumps of Hair, premiered on BBC Three.

His short film Renegades premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010.[1]

He directed the segment "G is for Grandad" for the film ABCs of Death 2 in 2014.[2]

His first feature film The Greasy Strangler premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2016.[3] It went on to win The Discovery Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2016.[4] It also won Best Comedy at the Empire (film magazine) Film Awards 2017.[5]

His second feature film An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2018.[6]

He co-wrote and directed the show Tropical Cop Tales which premiered on 1 February 2019 on Adult Swim in the US.[7]

He is represented for Film and TV by the Independent Talent Group in the UK,[8] and by United Talent Agency in the US.[9]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Notes
2014 ABCs of Death 2 Director and co-writer
Segment: "G is for Grandad"
2016 The Greasy Strangler Director and co-writer
2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Director, co-writer and executive producer

Short films

Year Title Notes
2003 Little Clumps of Hair Director, writer and composer
2006 Work Director and writer
2008 The Importance of Awards in Advertising: A Talk by Maximillian Villivankk. Director, writer and composer
2010 Renegades Director, writer and composer
2010 Crabs Director and co-writer

Television

Year Title Notes
2018–2019 Tropical Cop Tales Co-creator, director, co-writer and executive producer

References

  1. ^ "2010 Sundance Film Festival : Renegades". Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. ^ quint. "Quint chats with ABCs of Death 2 director Jim Hosking about picking his letter and creepy Grandads!". Aint It Cool News. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ "The Greasy Strangler". Sundance Festival. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ "British Independent Film Awards 2016: the winners in full". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Empire Award for Best Comedy", Wikipedia, 21 August 2018, retrieved 3 July 2019
  6. ^ "an-evening-with-beverly-luff-linn". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Watch Tropical Cop Tales on Adult Swim". Adult Swim. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Independent Talent Group". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ "United Talent Agency". Retrieved 11 February 2016.