Toby Amies: Documentary director celebrates the power of human stories

TSTB talks to artist filmmaker Toby Amies. Based on the South Coast of England, Amies makes long and short films about the creative process in what he calls “a vain attempt to compensate for his inability to come to terms with time and its passage.” He is the director of the award-winning 2012 documentary “The Man Whose Mind Exploded,” and the widely praised 2022 film “in the Court of the Crimson King” — a revealing exploration of the extraordinary British prog rock band King Crimson and its 50-year history. Amies reports that he is hoping for an Autumn worldwide release of the Crimson movie, which Chris Willman of Variety has said is "about as good as rock documentaries get.” #kingcrimson #progrock #robertfripp #billbruford #johnwetton #documentary #documentaryfilmmaker #documentaryvideo #musicdocumentary #musicvideo #progressiverock #progressiverockmusic #toyahwilcox #bobbywilcox