Paul King (director)

Paul King (born 1978) is a British writer and director. He works in television, film and theatre, and specialises in comedy. For his work on Paddington, he was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards.

Career

King graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge University with first-class honours in English in 1999. While at Cambridge he met Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe, and went on to direct them at the Edinburgh Festival in "Garth Marenghi's FrightKnight" (nominated for the Perrier Award in 2000), and "Netherhead" (Perrier Award winner 2001). King worked as Associate Director on the subsequent TV transfer, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a six-part series for Channel 4. In 2002, King garnered another Perrier Award nomination for directing Noel Fielding's Edinburgh Festival show, "Voodoo Hedgehog".

Paul King is also the director for The Mighty Boosh. He has directed all three series (earning a BAFTA nomination as Best New Director in 2004), as well as their live tour shows in 2006 and 2008. King was originally brought in after the director of the pilot, Steve Bendelack, was unavailable to direct the first series. He also directed Matt Lucas and David Walliams' 2011 airport mockumentary Come Fly With Me.

Paul King (chief executive)

Paul King (born May 26, 1984) is the founder and chief executive officer of Hercules Networks, as well as a member of the Board. King is a technology innovator and entrepreneur. Previously he was a founding partner at G.C. Media, Inc. Prior to G.C. Media, Mr. King was the founder and C.E.O. of International Sales Team Realty. Mr. King expanded International Sales Team Realty by developing Chase Mortgage Center and New Wave Title Company.

In the late 2000s, King developed and marketed a commercially successful lines of mobile charging stations, known as goCharge stations. King came up with the idea when a dead cell phone caused him to miss a flight during his college years.

Mr. King has been featured in CNN News, NBC, BusinessWeek, MediaWeek, and has been quoted and featured on a number of news and media outlets. Mr. King is a summa cum laude graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

goCharge Kiosk Development

King thought of the concept for public phone charging kiosks, and met with Miami real estate developer Michael Gold to discuss the concept. Gold was immediately intrigued, and agreed to write a $500,000 check to start the venture (Gold eventually contributed an additional $350,000). King then traveled to China to meet with various technology manufacturers in order to find the best quality manufacturer. King felt comfortable with one firm after analyzing half a dozen options, and invited Gold over to the factory to confirm his opinion. Gold felt comfortable with their work. A 47-page contract was put together in Miami by Lipscomb Brady and Bobadilla PL, and then translated to Chinese. The contract was signed in China on June 14th, 2008.