Ben Palmer

Birth : 1977-01-01, England

History

Ben Palmer is an award winning British director who is made his name in television with comedy programmes such as Bo' Selecta, Star Stories and The Inbetweeners. In 2011, Palmer was chosen to direct the big screen spin off of the latter, the hugely successful The Inbetweeners Movie, and in 2015 he subsequently followed this cinematic success up with the Simon Pegg/Lake Bell romcom Man Up. In 2017 he directed the Mitchell and Webb sitcom Back as well as several episodes of the Sky Arts series Urban Myths, including the highly controversial unbroadcastable episode Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon which cast Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson.

Profile

Movies

Click & Collect

Director

To save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.

Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back

Director

A fly-on-the-wall mockumentary following the day-to-day reality of being Nigel Farage. How does a man forever in the spotlight fill his days now he has nothing to do?

Man Up

Director

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

Bad Sugar

Director

A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, played for laughs.

The Inbetweeners Movie

Director

High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic Greek island. As their dreams of sun-drenched days and booze-filled nights are left hopelessly unfulfilled, the lads fight their way into the party scene with hilariously humiliating results in this smash hit UK raunchy comedy.

The Informant

Judge's Driver

A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.