Tony Klinger
| Tony Klinger | |
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29 January 1950 Hackney, London |
| Occupation | Writer, film-maker, international executive, academic |
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Tony Klinger (born 29 January 1950) is a British film-maker, author and media executive. He began his career as Assistant Director on The Avengers in the 1960s, directed several rockumentaries and headed media companies both in the UK and the USA.
Klinger is the son of film producer Michael Klinger, with whom he worked on the film Get Carter (1971) starring Michael Caine.
Born in Hackney Salvation Army Hospital, Klinger decided at the age of nine, that he wanted to be a film-maker. Whilst at school, Klinger won prizes from sponsored writing competitions and, together with some pals, ran an underground school magazine called Fanfare at his secondary school, Harrow High. By the age of 18, Klinger was already both developing scripts and producing small professional films.
Klinger's novel, "Under God's Table" was published in May 2017 by Gonzo Media. His play, "A Tired Heart & The Big C" was premiered at the Castle in Wellingborough in 2015.
He has worked in a variety of media roles, including diverse positions in television as an Assistant Director, and then editor, straight through to increasingly senior production roles on action-adventure films such as Gold (1974) and Shout at the Devil (1976). Klinger also made rock films, documenting Deep Purple "Deep Purple Riser Over Japan" and "The Butterfly Ball" and The Who, including The Kids Are Alright (1979). Klinger's book, Twilight of the Gods, recalling the making of the film The Kids Are Alright, was published in 2009–10. Klinger was appointed Chief Judge for the H.E. Bates Short Story Competition for 2017-2018.
In 2010, Klinger launched bCreative, a social networking website for those who wish to work in the creative arts.
2008 saw Klinger premiere his film Full Circle.
Until the end of 2006, Klinger was Chief Executive of production-company, agency, and content creators, TLMH.
Klinger has also served as a lecturer for their undergraduate programmes and Course Director for the Kickstart course which he had created and was Course Leader for the MA Film Production and BA Foundation Degree courses at the Northern Film Schools, and was The Director of the Media Production Centre at the University of East London.
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