Klinger's debut play "A Tired Heart & The Big C" opens in October and his new novel Under God's Table will be published later in 2015. His last book, The Butterfly Boy was published in March 2013. and that followed his book Twilight of the Gods about his production of The Who film, The Kids Are Alright.
Currently Tony is in development of the screenplay to produce the film of Richard McCann's best selling true life book Just A Boy.
Tony was born in London. At school he won prizes for his writing and with some friends ran a successful underground school magazine.
By the age of 18 Tony was making films that received wide public distribution. Over a distinguished career Tony headed several media companies both in the UK and USA. He has made more than 500 media productions of all types and written articles, columns, blogs, screenplays. He worked in a producing capacity on films such as The Festival Game, Extremes, The Butterfly Ball, The Kids Are Alright, Shout At The Devil, Rachel's Man, Riding High, Barcelona Kill and many others.
Klinger also run Film Production courses at the UK’s renowned Bournemouth and Northern Film Schools and was Director of the Media Production Centre at the University of East London.
Tony’s most recent music video, Never Listen To Rumours featuring Honest John Plain received half a million views in its first two weeks of it’s late September 2012 release. Klinger has embraced social media and already enjoys approximately 80,000 followers.
Tony lives in the countryside near London and is currently directing a film about his late father, the legendary film producer Michael Klinger, The Man Who Got Carter, and preparing to produce The Butterfly Boy as a television mini-series.
Name: Tony Klinger
Lives in: Northampton, United Kingdom
Company: SAM Films
Occupation: Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Playwright
Unique traits: An energetic, very successful writer and film maker with experience of all the technical skills of film & TV production.
Mister Producer
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Documentary
by SAM Films Ltd.
Director, Writer
Full Circle
(
Documentary
by Production TLMH Ltd.
Director, producer, writer
Make The Grade
(
Television
by Avton
Producer
You Can Series
(
Television
by Avton
Producer
Starsigns
(
Television
by Avton
Producer
Electric Sky
(
Music
by Small Giant Media
Director, writer
Promo Man
(
Music
by Small Giant Media
Director, writer
Rock of Ages
(
Music
by Small Giant Media
Director. writer
Riding High
(
Film
by Avton
Producer
One of the Boys
(
Music
by Anthony Klinger Ltd.
Director, Producer, Writer
The Kids Are Alright
(
Film
by Rock Films Ltd.
Producer
Nobody's Business
(
Music
by Anthony Klinger Ltd.
Director, Producer
Shout at the Devil
(
Film
by Avton
Associate Producer
Rachel's Man
(
Film
by Avton
Associate Producer
The Butterfly Ball
(
Music
by Oyster Films Ltd.
Director, Writer, Producer
Gold
(
Film
by Avton
Assistant Producer
Deep Purple Rises Over Japan
(
Music
by Oyster Films Ltd.
Director, Editor
The Barcelona Kill
(
Film
by Avton
UK Production Associate
Pulp
(
Film
by Avton
UK Production Associate
The Festival Game
(
Documentary
by Anthony Klinger Ltd.
Producer, director, writer
Extremes
(
Documentary
by Anthony Klinger Ltd.
Producer, director, writer
Up The Junction
(
Film
by Junction Films
3rd. Asst. Director
Mister J
(
Documentary
by Anthony Klinger Ltd.
Producer, director, writer
The Penthouse
(
Film
by Avton
2nd Asst. Director
The Avengers TV series
(
Television
by ABC Tv
3rd. Asst. Director
Training Films Various
(
Television
by Searchlight Films
Unit Manager
9 Fuji Film Awards - Northern Film School, Executive Producer
(2003)
Macromedia Design Team Award - TLMH
(2003)
Apple Centre of Excellence
(2001)
10 Kodak Commercials Awards - Bournemouth Film School
(1999)
The Queen's Anniversary Award for Education - Bournemouth Film School
(1998)
San Sebastian - for The Kids are Alright
(1979)
The London Film Festival - An Outstanding Film of the Year for Extremes
(1971)