Screenwriter
Tim is probably best known for his film adaptation of the best-selling novel A STREET CAT NAMED BOB, which won Best British Film at the National Film Awards in 2017. Previously, following British television success as one of the original writers for "The Max Headroom Show", and writing for Hand Made Films, he pursued a seven-year career in Hollywood, writing features for nearly all the major studios as well as network and cable television.
Tim has re-written scripts for stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Murray, and penned episodes of TV series such as The Magnificent Seven (CBS), Jack London's Call of the Wild (for Animal Planet) and UK children’s programmes such as the BBC’s “Dennis and Gnasher”. Tim now lives back in England and won Best Screenplay at the 2017 German Animation Screenplay Awards for “The Journey of The Elephant Solimon”. His original series “SuperSchool” has recently been bought by German animation company Akkord.
A Street Cat Named Bob
Writer
Selected credits
project | production company |
in development: | |
THE BOX (adaptation) | Lost Eye Films, London |
CALL ME CRAZY | Red56, Los Angeles |
BLAKE AND MORTIMER | Belga Films |
THE EINSTEIN ENIGMA (adaptation) | Belga Films |
SUPERSCHOOL | AKKORD |
commissioned scripts: | |
THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS | Studio Pictures |
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE (re-write) | New Regency |
THE GAMBLE | Showtime, Granada, BBC |
BEAST OF EDEN | Spitting Image Productions |
KEEPING MUM | TriStar |
HALF EMPTY, HALF FULL (re-write) | TriStar |
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN (re-write) | Stonebridge |
MADISON AVENUE | Columbia |
INDIAN PRINCESS | Universal |
TOTALLY LONDON (re-write) | Hollywood Pictures |
MAD MAGAZINE | Warner Bros |
MR HEADMISTRESS (re-write) | Walt Disney |
BIG G | HandMade Films |
TVP | HandMade Films |
REMOTE | Universal |
THE EASTER DADDY | Shooting Script Films |
THE SHIPPING MAN | Lars Wogan |
HUGO | Anima Vitae |
TO PRUSSIA WITH LOVE | FFP |
CHAMPIONS | Filmline |
WHISKY GALORE | Alba Productions |
STRIPPING ASSETS | Piccadilly Films |
SPACE COMEDY | Gemini Films |
LOOKING FOR MR BIG | Quirky Films |
MERMAIDS IN MANHATTAN | Jersey Films, Universal |
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL | Trilogy, Spelling Pictures |
DEAD SEXY | Pathe Films |
NORTH OF WATFORD (re-write) | BSKYB |
SINGLE GIRL-S DIARY | Granada Film |
MAD DOGS AND FRENCHMAN | Pathe |
SIMON SAYS | Pathe |
ECHO | Paramount Pictures |
HAVANA HEAT | Tribec |
THE BOOK WITH NO NAME | Belga Films |
television: | |
THE MAX HEADROOM SHOW | Chrysalis Visual Programming |
SPITTING IMAGE | Central Television |
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | Trilogy Entertainment Group |
UNEASY MONEY | Touchstone TV |
CALL OF THE WILD | Animal Planet |
DENNIS & GNASHER | Red Kite Animations |
features: | |
THE PERFECT ESCAPE | Zazu Film, Romania |
A STREET CAT NAMED BOB | Studio Pictures |
published books: | |
ADVENTURES IN LA-LA LAND | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
NOT TONIGHT, DARLING | Sphere Books |
SHOCK HORRORSCOPES | Sphere Books |