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Paul King

British writer and director
Person human Q7151786

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
1978, July 29, 1978[8]
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
television director, screenwriter, film director, writer, theatrical director, director[10]
Field of work
film production, creative writing[11][12]
Educated at
St Catharine's College[13]
Notable work
Paddington, Paddington 2, Wonka[14][15][16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Different from
Paul King[23]
Family name
King[19]
Given name
Paul[20]
Member of
Writers Guild of America West[17]
Name in native language
Paul King[22]
P14419
61931[24]
P14750
BCAB-FDFE-01F3-36B5-147D[25]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 50
ISNI
0000000408779303
VIAF cluster ID
250873958
Library of Congress authority ID
no2013061049
GND ID
1017965773
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Paul King at BAFTA Children's Academy Awards 2015.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p635050
AlloCiné person ID
230181
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
90131702
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
169621952
Box Office Mojo person ID (archived)
paulking
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12030869
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Ciné-Ressources person ID
397986
Danish National Filmography person ID
239135, 278867
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1017965773
Film.ru person ID
pol-king
Flemish Public Libraries ID
000041287
Freebase ID
/m/0d4qjx
IMDb ID
nm1653753
IdRef ID
158537793
Ivi person ID
pol-king
Kinobox person ID
598254
Kinopoisk person ID
1286920
LdiF person ID
281346
MovieMeter person ID
1240435
MusicBrainz artist ID
60c450fb-36de-4c0b-8ceb-9eb6eeb549b4
NDL Authority ID
033232552
NL CR AUT ID
xx0197017
NUKAT ID
n2018287462
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201616220
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CT7O;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810657672105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5217157
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
296296392
Open Media Database person ID
93618
PORT person ID
495615
Plex person key
5d776dec594b2b001e715af2
RERO ID (legacy)
A026722283
Related category
Category:Films directed by Paul King (director)
SBN author ID
MODV658381
SHARE Catalogue author ID
706832
Scope.dk person ID
53574
Sinemalar person ID
825334
Swedish Film Database person ID
460568
TMDB person ID
1240435, 101666
Unifrance person ID
399561
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdMf9PgJgH8Vtmvyj74MP
Writers Guild of America writer ID
36ff0284-f359-4aec-8450-6002e9f11f28
Yale LUX ID
person/f95b0c77-f349-4802-81ec-0a86210f3f74
ČSFD person ID
35729
🔗 Connections
Films directed 7
Paddington, Wonka, Paddington 2, Space Force, The Mighty Boosh, Come Fly with Me, Paddington
Occupation 5
writer, film director, screenwriter, theatrical director, television director
Films written 3
Paddington, Wonka, Paddington 2
Notable work 3
Paddington, Wonka, Paddington 2
Field of work 2
film production, creative writing
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
St Catharine's College
Family name 1
King
Given name 1
Paul
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Writers Guild of America West
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Related category 1
Category:Films directed by Paul King (director)
Sex or gender 1
male
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films directed by Paul King (director)
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Summary

Paul King was born in 1978[1] in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a television director[3], screenwriter[4], film director[5], writer[6], and theatrical director[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[26]

  • Country: GB[27]

  • Began / founded: 1978[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 60c450fb-36de-4c0b-8ceb-9eb6eeb549b4[29]

FAQs

Where was Paul King born?

Paul King's place of birth was Chicago[2].

What did Paul King do for work?

Paul King worked as a television director[3], screenwriter[4], film director[5], writer[6], and theatrical director[7].

Where did Paul King go to school?

Paul King was educated at St Catharine's College[13].

Related Entities

creative writing Paddington Paddington 2 United Kingdom Wonka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 825334
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  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → BCAB-FDFE-01F3-36B5-147D
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46460|batch #46460]]: HAND ID (6)"
  3. 23w ago · Nk · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1978-07-29T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of birth: 29 July 1978"
  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → television director, screenwriter, film director +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32149|batch #32149]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
  5. 24w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → —
    Given name → Paul
    Place of birth → Chicago
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31940|batch #31940]]"
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