Ant Timpson

Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand film producer best known for producing The ABCs of Death series, Turbo Kid, Deathgasm and The Greasy Strangler. He founded and hosts the 48Hours film contest.[1]

Ant Timpson
Timpson at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Come to Daddy in 2019
Born (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
OccupationProducer
Years active1994–present

Career

In 2003, Timpson founded the annual 48Hours film challenge, a New Zealand competition in which teams of filmmakers create a short film in 48 hours.[2] Taika Waititi and Te Radar won in the festival's first year.[3]

The film Turbo Kid originated as a submission for the "T" segment in ABCs of Death. Though it wasn't selected, Timpson was impressed and approached the filmmakers to expand their idea into a feature.[4] Timpson sent his friend, Elijah Wood, the script for The Greasy Strangler, which got him involved in producing with his production company, SpectreVision.[5]

In 2016, he won the British Independent Film Awards Discovery Award.[6] Also in 2016, he won a Saturn Award for Best International Film.[7]

Timpson before the premiere of Come to Daddy at the Tribeca Film festival in 2019

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.[8] The crowdfunded project is unique in that it will allow backers the opportunity to have equity invest.[9]

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.

Personal life

Timpson grew up in Auckland and briefly studied at University of Otago intent on being a lawyer before dropping out.[2]

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.[1]

He owns the biggest private collection of 35mm films in the Southern Hemisphere.[2]

References
  1. McKee, Hannah. "Teacher's conviction upheld after screening Kiwi-produced horror to students". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. Smithies, Grant. "Ant Timpson: Cult connoisseur". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. Saxton, Amanda. "48-Hours film fest will 'celebrate success, crush failures'". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. Debruge, Peter. "Montreal-Born 'Turbo Kid' Gets Rowdy Hometown Welcome at Fantasia". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. Collis, Clark. "Elijah Wood talks 'Cooties' and f—ked up Greasy Strangler". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. Calvario, Liz. "2016 British Independent Film Awards: Full Winners List". www.indiewire.com. Indie Wire. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. Corry, Dominic. "Kiwi film 'Turbo Kid' wins big at Saturn Awards". www.nzherald.co.n. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. Galuppo, Mia. "Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League Producing International Horror Anthology 'The Field Guide to Evil'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. Whittaker, Richard. "Film Flam: Neon, Blue Starlite, and Kiss". www.austinchronicle.com. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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