Toby Amies

Toby Amies


in Birmingham, England
Toby Amies is interested in exploring extraordinary points of view. He has made two feature-length documentaries that have played widely across the world at festivals, via streaming, and on television. He also makes short films about nature and the creative process for The BBC, Nowness, SkyArts, and commercial clients such as Chanel and Tate.

His first documentary The Man Whose Mind Exploded had a national cinema run in the UK and was acquired by Netflix in the US and Film 4 in the UK. His second, In the Court of the Crimson King is being released by Everyman cinemas in the UK and will be streamed via nugs in mid October 2022.

Before becoming a full time film-maker he worked for MTV Europe and USA as a VJ and producer as well as writing and fronting documentaries and shows for the BBC, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and SkyArts.

Thanks to his early work as a portrait photographer Toby has developed a first-person style of documentary that records his relationships with his subjects, allowing the audience to share in an unusual degree of intimacy with the people in front of the camera.

His King Crimson documentary is out in select independent cinemas worldwide in autumn 2022

Movies for Toby Amies...

The Image
Title: The Image
Character: Baby
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: Movie
A response to Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" re-created into a new fairytale encompassing the ideas of the novel mixed with personal experience, traditional folk stories, and snippets from art and literature.
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Title: Angela and Friends
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: TV
Daily chat show, hosted by Angela Griffin, that combines topical debate with five lifestyle clubs: Diet and Health, Beauty, Books and Travel, Entertainment and Fashion. 
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Title: Rough Guide
Released: January 7, 2008
Type: TV
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Alien Sex Party
Title: Alien Sex Party
Character: Family Man
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: Movie
A comic frenzy filled with sex, music, science fiction, and all combinations thereof... as well as a dildo-festooned Moby. In an adult video store on Christmas Eve, we join Joe (an owner terrified of his own merchandise), Adam (an employee spouting indignation about everything), and Tina (whose unabashed promiscuity lends itself well to the locale).