Since the mid '80s Timpson has worked in every facet of the film industry; from managing an arthouse, programming for MGM, creating short film events, running drive-ins to producing television and feature films, operating devolved government film funds and mentoring filmmakers. His distribution company released specialist fare starting with Slacker in 1993. He launched the The Incredibly Strange Film Festival in 1994 that merged with the New Zealand International Film Festival. His national film competition 48HOURS with Peter Jackson as mentor began in 2003 and exposed talent such as Taika Waititi (Jo Jo Rabbit), Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud) and Gerard Johnstone (M3GAN). As a producer he created the hit horror anthology series The ABCs of Death (TIFF 2013) and the following features The Devil Dared Me To (SXSW 2006), Housebound (SXSW 14), Turbo Kid (Sundance 15), Deathgasm (SXSW 15), The Greasy Strangler (Sundance 16) & The Field Guide to Evil (SXSW 18), Censor (Tribeca 21), Mister Organ (22), Family Dinner (Tribeca 22). He recently directed the critically acclaimed feature Come to Daddy (Tribeca 2020) starring Elijah Wood. He recently directed Bookworm (2024) EP'd , She Loved Blossoms More (2024) and Ebony & Ivory (2025) and God Bless You Mr Kopu (2027), When Darkness Loves Us (2027). He was the inaugural recipient of New Zealand’s Art Entrepreneur Award and was a Board member of the New Zealand Film Commission. His 35mm print archive is the largest personal film archive in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Producer, writer and director
- 15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Ant Timpson's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 6
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 10
Steady 1 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 6
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 5
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 7 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 5
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ant Timpson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Housebound (2014) · producer · free
- Turbo Kid (2015) · producer · free
- Deathgasm (2015) · actor, producer · free
- Bookworm (2024) · director, writer, producer · free
- Censor (2021) · producer · free
- Come to Daddy (2019) · director, writer, producer · free
- Family Dinner (2022) · producer · free
- ABCs of Death 2 (2014) · writer, producer · free
- The ABCs of Death (2012) · writer, producer · free
- ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016) · producer · free
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Screambox, show their 2 titles on Screambox
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- Monsters and Nightmares, show their title on Monsters and Nightmares
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
Subscription and free streaming for Ant Timpson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
God Bless You, Mr. Kopu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
She Loved Blossoms More(2024)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Ebony and Ivory(2024)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Bookworm(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Family Dinner(2022)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Mister Organ(2022)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Censor(2021)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Field Guide to Evil(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Come to Daddy(2019)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
ABCs of Death 2.5(2016)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Greasy Strangler(2016)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Deathgasm(2015)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Turbo Kid(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
ABCs of Death 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Housebound(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The ABCs of Death(2012)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
How to Meet Girls from a Distance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Jaquie Brown Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
A Song of Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Devil Dared Me To (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Crab Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Kitchen Sink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Queen City Rocker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Salamander Lives Twice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
When Darkness Loves Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 23 of them dated from 1986 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Bookworm (2024)
Highest rated
Housebound (2014)
Most popular right now
Come to Daddy (2019)
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· Deathgasm
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ant Timpson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ant Timpson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Ant Timpson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ant Timpson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Toby Harvard shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Jim HoskingShared titles: Ebony and Ivory (2024), The Greasy Strangler (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Hosking
- Wolfgang MatzlShared titles: ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Wolfgang Matzl
Writers
- Toby HarvardShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Come to Daddy (2019), The Greasy Strangler (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Toby Harvard
Actors
- Michael SmileyShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Censor (2021), Come to Daddy (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Smiley
- Elijah WoodShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Ebony and Ivory (2024), Come to Daddy (2019), The Greasy Strangler (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Elijah Wood
- Millen BairdShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Housebound (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Millen Baird
- Morgana O'ReillyShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Housebound (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Morgana O'Reilly
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Dan KircherShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Mister Organ (2022), Come to Daddy (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Kircher
- Mark BurnettShared titles: Ebony and Ivory (2024), The Greasy Strangler (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Burnett
- Andrew HungShared titles: Ebony and Ivory (2024), The Greasy Strangler (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Hung
- Daniel KatzShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Come to Daddy (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Katz
Producers
- Tim LeagueShared titles: Ebony and Ivory (2024), ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), The Greasy Strangler (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Tim League
- Andrew StarkeShared titles: Censor (2021), The Greasy Strangler (2016), ABCs of Death 2 (2014), The ABCs of Death (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Andrew Starke
- Emma SladeShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Mister Organ (2022), Come to Daddy (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Emma Slade
- Tim RileyShared titles: Deathgasm (2015), Turbo Kid (2015), ABCs of Death 2 (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Riley
Mixed roles
- Jason EisenerShared titles: Turbo Kid (2015), The ABCs of Death (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Eisener
