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Tim Kirkby

Director

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Humphrey Elles-Hill

Tim is a UK award winning comedy and drama Film and TV director, who has won both a BAFTA and a British Comedy Award. He has directed and set up many successful comedies for television both in the UK and US including Phoebe Waller Bridge’s multi award-winning Fleabag, BAFTA winning My Mad fat Diary for Channel 4, and in the US with Funny or Die, all episodes of the first season of the critically acclaimed TV series Brockmire for IFC.

In episodic US TV, he has directed multiple episodes of award-winning shows HBO’s Veep, Netflix’s Grace & Frankie, and Fox’s Brooklyn Nine Nine, and in film, his neo-noir detective story Last Looks set in Los Angeles starring Mel Gibson and Charlie Hunnam.

He directed and executive produced the Netflix series The Pentaverate with Mike Myers playing 8 characters. The limited series tells the story of a secret society that has been working to control world events since 1347.

Tim directed and co-executive produced Entitled with Two Brothers for Showtime and Channel 4. The eight part series follows an American widower who must get to know his British wife’s estranged family in their crumbling gothic mansion.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2023
Production (role):
THE FAMOUS FIVE
Company:
Moonage Pictures/BBC 1
Project details:
Director Episode 1
Date: 2023
Production (role):
ENTITLED
Company:
Two Brothers Pictures for Channel 4, Showtime
Project details:
Director Episode 1

Creator: Matt Morgan
Starring: Brett Gelman
Date: 2022
Production (role):
THE PENTAVERATE
Company:
Netflix
Project details:
Director Episodes 1-6
Creator: Mike Myers
Producer: John Lyons
Date: 2019
Production (role):
(FUTURE) CULT CLASSIC
Company:
Broadway Video for SYFY
Project details:
Director
Date: 2017
Production (role):
BROCKMIRE
Company:
Funny or Die for IFC
Project details:
Creator: Hank Azaria
Writer: Joel Church-Cooper
Starring: Hank Azaria
Date: 2019
Production (role):
DON'T FORGET THE DRIVER
Company:
Sister Pictures / BBC2
Project details:
Director 6 episodes
Creator: Tim Crouch and Toby Jones
Writer: Toby Jones and Tim Crouch
Starring: Toby Jones
Date: 2017
Production (role):
FLEABAG
Company:
Two Brothers Pictures / BBC / Amazon
Project details:
Director Episode 1
Producer: Lydia Hampson
Writer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford
Date: 2016
Production (role):
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 4
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Director 24 episode
Writer: Stewart Lee
Date: 2015
Production (role):
MAN SEEKING WOMAN
Project details:
3 episodes of Season 1

Producer: Hartley Gorenstein
Writer: Simon Rich
Starring: Jay Baruchel
Date: 2015
Production (role):
YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE
Company:
Working Title Television / NBC Universal for Sky Atlantic
Project details:
Creator: Iain Hollands
Producer: Susie Ligatt
Date: 2015
Production (role):
BROOKLYN NINE NINE
Company:
Fremulon / Fox
Project details:
Written by Daniel J Goor & Michael Schur
Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher
Date: 2015
Production (role):
GRACE & FRANKIE
Company:
Skydance / Netflix
Project details:
Writer: Marta Kaufman
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterson
Date: 2015
Production (role):
THE C WORD
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Producer: Simon Lewis
Writer: Nicole Taylor
Starring: Sheridan Smith

Single drama
Date: 2014
Production (role):
PLAYING HOUSE
Company:
USA
Project details:
Producer: Ravi Nandon
Writer: Jessica St Clair, Lennon Parlham
Starring: Jessica St Clair, Lennon Parlham
Date: 2014
Production (role):
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 3
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Writer Stewart Lee
Starring: Stewart Lee, Chris Morris

2014 BAFTA Nomination - Best Comedy Series
Date: 2013
Production (role):
VEEP S3
Company:
HBO
Project details:
Season 3, Episode 6

Writer: Tony Roche, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, David Quantick, Armando Ianuncci
Starring: Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Timothy Simons
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MY MAD FAT DIARY
Company:
Tiger Aspect / E4
Project details:
Producer: Matt Bouch
Writer: Tom Bidwell
Starrin: Sharon Rooney, Ian Hart, Claire Rushbrook
Date: 2013
Production (role):
VEEP S2
Company:
HBO
Project details:
Producer: Stephanie Laing
Writer: Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, Roger Drew, Will Smith, Ian Martin, Sean Grey
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Tim Simons
Date: 2013
Production (role):
IT'S KEVIN
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Producer: Richard Webb
Writer: Kevin Eldon
Starring: Kevin Eldon, Harry Hill
Date: 2012
Production (role):
WALKING & TALKING
Company:
Tiger Aspect / Sky Atlantic
Project details:
Producer: Pippa Harris & Ben Cavey
Writer: Kathy Burke
Starring: Kathy Burke
Date: 2011
Production (role):
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 2
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Producer: Richard Webb
Executive Producer: Armando Iannucci
Writer: Stewart Lee
Starring: Kevin Eldon, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee

2012 BAFTA WINNER - Best Comedy Programme
2012 - COMEDY AWARDS WINNER - Best Comedy Programme
Date: 2010
Production (role):
LITTLE CRACKERS - BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS
Company:
Tiger Aspect / Sky Atlantic
Project details:
Producer: Izzy Mant
Writer: Kathy Burke
Starring: Sharon Horgan, Sheridan Smith, Felicity Montagu
Date: 2009
Production (role):
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 1
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Producer: Richard Webb
Executive Producer: Armando Iannucci
Writer: Stewart Lee
Starring; Kevin Eldon, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee

2010 BAFTA Nom - Best Comedy Series
Date: 2007
Production (role):
KOMBAT OPERA: DRINKING IN NOTTINGHAM
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Producer: Stephen Abrahams and Jon Rolph
Writer: Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas

2008 Rose D'or WINNER - Best Comedy Series
Date: 2005
Production (role):
LOOK AROUND YOU: SERIES 2
Company:
Mivvin Colour Productions / TalkBack Productions / BBC
Project details:
Producer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Executive Producer: Ash Attalla
Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Starring: Olivia Colman, Josie D'Arby, Nigel Lambert, Edgar Wright

2006 Rose D’or WINNER – Best Comedy Series
Date: 2002
Production (role):
LOOK AROUND YOU: SERIES 1
Company:
Mivvin Colour Productions/ TalkBack Productions / BBC
Project details:
Producer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Executive Producer: Peter Fincham
Starring: Olivia Colman, Josie D'Arby, Nigel Lambert, Robert Popper

2003: BAFTA Nomination, Best Comedy Series
Date: 2002
Production (role):
LOOK AROUND YOU: CALCIUM
Company:
Mivvin Colour Productions / BBC
Project details:
Producer Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
Starring: Nigel Lambert, Peter Serafinowicz, Edgar Wright

2001: Winner, Best Short Film - Portobello Spring Festival
Date: 2001
Production (role):
CLASSIC ALBUMS
Company:
Isis Productions
Project details:
Starring Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke, Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor, Tom Allom, K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Martin Birch, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2024
Production (role):
BAD TIDINGS
Company:
SKY STUDIOS
Project details:
Starring: Lee Mack, Chris MacCauland
Date: 2021
Production (role):
LAST LOOKS
Company:
Romulus Entertainment
Project details:
Producer: Andrew Lazar & Brad Feinstein
Starring: Morena Baccarin, Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate a murder.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
ACTION POINT
Company:
Paramount Studios
Project details:
Producer: Bill Gerber

Comedy feature

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): THE FAMOUS FIVE
    Company: Moonage Pictures/BBC 1
    Project details: Director Episode 1
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): ENTITLED
    Company: Two Brothers Pictures for Channel 4, Showtime
    Project details: Director Episode 1

    Creator: Matt Morgan
    Starring: Brett Gelman
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): THE PENTAVERATE
    Company: Netflix
    Project details: Director Episodes 1-6
    Creator: Mike Myers
    Producer: John Lyons
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): (FUTURE) CULT CLASSIC
    Company: Broadway Video for SYFY
    Project details: Director
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): BROCKMIRE
    Company: Funny or Die for IFC
    Project details: Creator: Hank Azaria
    Writer: Joel Church-Cooper
    Starring: Hank Azaria
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): DON'T FORGET THE DRIVER
    Company: Sister Pictures / BBC2
    Project details: Director 6 episodes
    Creator: Tim Crouch and Toby Jones
    Writer: Toby Jones and Tim Crouch
    Starring: Toby Jones
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): FLEABAG
    Company: Two Brothers Pictures / BBC / Amazon
    Project details: Director Episode 1
    Producer: Lydia Hampson
    Writer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
    Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 4
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Director 24 episode
    Writer: Stewart Lee
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): MAN SEEKING WOMAN
    Company:
    Project details: 3 episodes of Season 1

    Producer: Hartley Gorenstein
    Writer: Simon Rich
    Starring: Jay Baruchel
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE
    Company: Working Title Television / NBC Universal for Sky Atlantic
    Project details: Creator: Iain Hollands
    Producer: Susie Ligatt
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): BROOKLYN NINE NINE
    Company: Fremulon / Fox
    Project details: Written by Daniel J Goor & Michael Schur
    Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): GRACE & FRANKIE
    Company: Skydance / Netflix
    Project details: Writer: Marta Kaufman
    Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterson
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): THE C WORD
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Producer: Simon Lewis
    Writer: Nicole Taylor
    Starring: Sheridan Smith

    Single drama
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): PLAYING HOUSE
    Company: USA
    Project details: Producer: Ravi Nandon
    Writer: Jessica St Clair, Lennon Parlham
    Starring: Jessica St Clair, Lennon Parlham
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 3
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Writer Stewart Lee
    Starring: Stewart Lee, Chris Morris

    2014 BAFTA Nomination - Best Comedy Series
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): VEEP S3
    Company: HBO
    Project details: Season 3, Episode 6

    Writer: Tony Roche, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, David Quantick, Armando Ianuncci
    Starring: Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Timothy Simons
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MY MAD FAT DIARY
    Company: Tiger Aspect / E4
    Project details: Producer: Matt Bouch
    Writer: Tom Bidwell
    Starrin: Sharon Rooney, Ian Hart, Claire Rushbrook
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): VEEP S2
    Company: HBO
    Project details: Producer: Stephanie Laing
    Writer: Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, Roger Drew, Will Smith, Ian Martin, Sean Grey
    Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Tim Simons
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): IT'S KEVIN
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Producer: Richard Webb
    Writer: Kevin Eldon
    Starring: Kevin Eldon, Harry Hill
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): WALKING & TALKING
    Company: Tiger Aspect / Sky Atlantic
    Project details: Producer: Pippa Harris & Ben Cavey
    Writer: Kathy Burke
    Starring: Kathy Burke
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 2
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Producer: Richard Webb
    Executive Producer: Armando Iannucci
    Writer: Stewart Lee
    Starring: Kevin Eldon, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee

    2012 BAFTA WINNER - Best Comedy Programme
    2012 - COMEDY AWARDS WINNER - Best Comedy Programme
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): LITTLE CRACKERS - BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS
    Company: Tiger Aspect / Sky Atlantic
    Project details: Producer: Izzy Mant
    Writer: Kathy Burke
    Starring: Sharon Horgan, Sheridan Smith, Felicity Montagu
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE, SERIES 1
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Producer: Richard Webb
    Executive Producer: Armando Iannucci
    Writer: Stewart Lee
    Starring; Kevin Eldon, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee

    2010 BAFTA Nom - Best Comedy Series
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): KOMBAT OPERA: DRINKING IN NOTTINGHAM
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Producer: Stephen Abrahams and Jon Rolph
    Writer: Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas

    2008 Rose D'or WINNER - Best Comedy Series
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): LOOK AROUND YOU: SERIES 2
    Company: Mivvin Colour Productions / TalkBack Productions / BBC
    Project details: Producer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Executive Producer: Ash Attalla
    Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Starring: Olivia Colman, Josie D'Arby, Nigel Lambert, Edgar Wright

    2006 Rose D’or WINNER – Best Comedy Series
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): LOOK AROUND YOU: SERIES 1
    Company: Mivvin Colour Productions/ TalkBack Productions / BBC
    Project details: Producer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Executive Producer: Peter Fincham
    Starring: Olivia Colman, Josie D'Arby, Nigel Lambert, Robert Popper

    2003: BAFTA Nomination, Best Comedy Series
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): LOOK AROUND YOU: CALCIUM
    Company: Mivvin Colour Productions / BBC
    Project details: Producer Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Writer: Robert Popper & Peter Serafinowicz
    Starring: Nigel Lambert, Peter Serafinowicz, Edgar Wright

    2001: Winner, Best Short Film - Portobello Spring Festival
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): CLASSIC ALBUMS
    Company: Isis Productions
    Project details: Starring Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke, Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor, Tom Allom, K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Martin Birch, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): BAD TIDINGS
    Company: SKY STUDIOS
    Project details: Starring: Lee Mack, Chris MacCauland
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): LAST LOOKS
    Company: Romulus Entertainment
    Project details: Producer: Andrew Lazar & Brad Feinstein
    Starring: Morena Baccarin, Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam

    A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate a murder.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): ACTION POINT
    Company: Paramount Studios
    Project details: Producer: Bill Gerber

    Comedy feature
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