Education
King graduated from Street Catharine"s College, Cambridge University with first-class honours in English in 1999.
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He works in television, film and theatre, and specialises in comedy. Foreign his work on Paddington, he was nominated for two British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards. Paul King is also the director for The Mighty Boosh.
He has directed all three series (earning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts nomination as Best New Director in 2004), as well as their live tour shows in 2006 and 2008.
King was originally brought in after the director of the pilot, Steve Bendelack, was unavailable to direct the first series. He also directed Matt Lucas and David Walliams" 2011 airport mockumentary Come Fly With Maine.
King wrote his first feature film, Bunny and the Bulletin, in 2009, which he also directed.
The film stars Simon Farnaby and Edward Hogg, with cameos from Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade and Julian Barratt. King also co-wrote and directed the 2014 comedy film Paddington.
