HARRY KINGDON

I'm working to help people make films.

When my sister and I were kids, we'd sit glued to our parents' DVD player watching Singing In The Rain, Bend It Like Beckham, Legally Blonde and so on. I became that teenager who hung out in the school drama studio, writing teenage poetry and singing in the corridors - eventually performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and joining the UK's National Youth Theatre. I went on to study philosophy at Cambridge where I represented the university as a dancer.

Shortly before graduating in 2018 I was struck by how the world's gravity had shifted towards Silicon Valley. I was also inspired by the then-idealistic, countercultural vibe of the tech industry (lol 🫠). I spent 7 years going deep into startups, spawning ventures across web3, climate media and the booming veg(etari)an market. I learned how to negotiate, how to budget, how to hire, how to pitch and how to be a steady hand in choppy waters.

My biggest achievement was raising millions of dollars for my startup from elite US investors. My co-founder and I sourced a world-class team from across the planet; they are now building ambitious, humane technology. In 2025 I handed over the reigns to my business partner. You can read more about Tonk on my LinkedIn.

This puts me in an amazing position today where I'm taking my experience gathering talent and capital to get projects off the ground - and putting those lessons to work in service to the arts. I am committed to learning the craft of filmmaking. My ambition is to help original voices turn emotionally rich stories into compelling feature films.

Interested? Reach out! We might be a dream team.