Ben Palmer
England
Director
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.8
Waiting for the Out
2026 Director
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★ 7.0
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024 Director
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★ 7.2
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024 Director
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Billi
2022 Director
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★ 7.6
Breeders
2020 Director
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★ 6.3
Semi-Detached
2020 Director
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Film Talks with Dan Charles
2020 Self
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★ 6.8
Click & Collect
2018 Director
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★ 7.3
Back
2017 Director
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★ 7.2
Urban Myths
2017 Director
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Mick and Margaret
2017 Director
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★ 4.8
Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back
2016 Director
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★ 6.8
Man Up
2015 Director
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★ 5.7
SunTrap
2015 Director
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★ 7.5
London Irish
2013 Director
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★ 7.4
Bad Sugar
2012 Director
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★ 7.1
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012 Director
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★ 7.7
Milton Jones's House of Rooms
2012 Director
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★ 7.1
Them from That Thing
2012 Director
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★ 6.7
The Inbetweeners
2011 Director
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★ 6.5
Chickens
2011 Director
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★ 8.4
The Inbetweeners
2008 Director
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★ 7.0
Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour
2008 Writer
Director
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★ 6.1
Comedy Showcase
2007 Director
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★ 7.6
Star Stories
2006 Director
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★ 6.6
Bo! in the USA
2006 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
A Bear's Tail
2005 Director
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★ 6.2
Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special
2005 Director
Writer
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★ 5.4
A Bear's Christmas Tail
2004 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Bo' Selecta!
2002 Director
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★ 5.3
Comedy Lab
1998 Director
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★ 7.2
Comedy Playhouse
1961 Director
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Number 10
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