Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand film producer best known for producing ''

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'' series, '' Turbo Kid'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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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

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and his production company,

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, involved in producing ''

''. In 2016, he won the

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Discovery Award. Also in 2016, he won a

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In January 2017, it was announced Timpson would produce a new horror anthology, ''

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'', 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.

Personal life

Timpson grew up in

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and briefly studied at

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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

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films in the Southern Hemisphere.

References

External links

Timpson Films
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timpson, Ant 1966 births Living people New Zealand producers