Paul King

Paul Thomas King born July 1978 is an English screenwriter and director He works in television film and theatre and specialises in comedy He directed all 20 episodes of the surreal comedy series The Mighty Boosh 20042007 and in 2005 he earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best New Director His work on the family comedy films Paddington 2014 and its 2017 sequel earned him British Academy Film Award nominations for Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay In 2023 he directed and cowrote Wonka a film which serves as a backstory to the literary character Willy Wonka and explores his early days as a chocolatier Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul King director licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia