Ben Palmer

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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.

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2026
Waiting for the Out
TV show Director
2024
Douglas Is Cancelled
TV show Executive Producer
2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
TV show Executive Producer
2020
Semi-Detached
TV show Director
2020
Breeders
TV show Director
2018
Click & Collect
Movie Director
2017
Back
TV show Director
2017
Urban Myths
TV show Director
2016
Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back
Movie Director
2015
Man Up
Movie Director
2015
SunTrap
TV show Director
2013
London Irish
TV show Director
2012
Bad Sugar
Movie Director
2012
BBC Comedy Feeds
TV show Executive Producer
2012
Them From That Thing
TV show Director
2011
The Inbetweeners Movie
Movie Director