Overview
Antony Hickling (born 8 November 1975) is an English Independent film maker, actor, writer and voiceover actor. He became a French citizen in 2018.
Biography
Antony Hickling was born in South Africa, Johannesburg the son of an Indian father and English mother. At a young age he returned to the United Kingdom and the family settled in Greater Manchester where he trained as an actor at Manchester University (The Arden School of Theatre).
After working in the theatre in London for several years, he moved to Paris to study at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis.
After obtaining his Master of Arts, he left his doctorate in Performing arts, unfinished to pursue a career in cinema.
In 2012, he trained as a director at the European Center for Film Production (CEFPF) in Paris under the direction of the Belgian director Harry Cleven. He went on to direct films related to his research on Queer and his films have been screened at LGBTQ film festivals worldwide.
He continues to work as an actor and has lent his voice to many characters in animation for cinema, documentaries, video games and for major advertising brands around the world.
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