Director

Ben Palmer

Directing

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Directed credits

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

0.8

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 12All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 1218992

IMDb ID: nm1414582

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1977

Age: 49

Place of birth: England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1997 - 2026

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q4886266

Frequent jobs

Director (16)Executive Producer (2)

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Biography

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.