London-born Tom Kingsley read English at Cambridge University. There he became involved with the Footlights theatre group, and directed their entry at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. After graduating, Kingsley found work as a runner at the Blink production company. He was soon directing short films, commercials and music videos, for which he often provided his own animation and visual effects. In 2011, Kingsley collaborated with Will Sharpe to co-direct, co-write and co-produce the acclaimed comedy-drama Black Pond; their follow-up, The Darkest Universe, arrived in 2016. Kingsley was soon recruited for a succession of television comedies -- Pls Like, Stath Lets Flats and Ghosts -- for which he directed the first two seasons in each case. During the Twenties, he also handled episodes of the medical drama This Is Going To Hurt. Kingsley then directed the eerie Wild Blue Yonder, an adventure for the Fourteenth Doctor which aired in the wake of Doctor Who's sixtieth anniversary in 2023.