He is best known for directing Ghosts and three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats.
[5] Kingsley was educated at Eton College, a boarding independent school for boys in Eton in Berkshire, followed by Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied English,[6] and was a member of the comedy group Footlights, directing the Footlights Revue "Wham Bam" at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe.
[7] In 2008, Kingsley worked as a runner at Blink, the Soho-based production company, after sending them a DVD containing several of his short films.
[9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2011 Kingsley and Will Sharpe released their low-budget feature-length film Black Pond.
[17][18] In 2022, Kingsley directed Wild Blue Yonder, the second of the 60th anniversary specials for Doctor Who, screened in December 2023.