Filmography (Directing)
OZI: VOICE OF THE FOREST
FEATURE FILM for GCI FILM/MIKROS (Technicolor)/PRODUCED BY LEONARDO DiCAPRIO & APPIAN WAY/MIKE MEDAVOY/KEITH CHAPMAN (creator PAW PATROL, BOB THE BUILDER)
YUKEE
52 episodes for SCOREDRAW MEDIA/BBC (Childrens)
CLAUDE
50 episodes/11 shorts for SIXTEEN SOUTH/DISNEY JUNIOR
LILY'S DRIFTWOOD BAY
(SERIES 2) – 52 episodes for SIXTEEN SOUTH/NICKELODEON
CLOUDBABIES
52 episodes for HOHO ENTERTAINMENT/BBC (Childrens)
RAA RAA THE NOISY LION
52 episodes for CHAPMAN ENTERTAINMENT/BBC (Childrens)
PETER KAY'S ANIMATED ALL STAR BAND
Single promo for CHILDREN IN NEED – CHAPMAN ENTERTAINMENT
ROARY THE RACING CAR
104 episodes for CHAPMAN ENTERTAINMENT/CHANNEL 5 MILKSHAKE/NICKELODEON
FIFI AND THE FLOWERTOTS
104 episodes for CHAPMAN ENTERTAINMENT/COSGROVE HALL/CHANNEL 5 MILKSHAKE/NICKELODEON
LITTLE ROBOTS
39 episodes for COSGROVE HALL/CREATE TV/BBC (Childrens)
ANDY PANDY
52 episodes for COSGROVE HALL/BEN PRODUCTIONS/BBC (Childrens)
ROTTEN RALPH
39 episodes for COSGROVE HALL/ITELTOONS/FOX USA/BBC (Childrens)
Nominations / Awards (selection)
CLAUDE
Kidscreen Award – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2020
Royal Television Society (NI) – Best Children's Programme – Award 2019
Pulcinella Award – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2019
Irish Animation Award – Best Animated Pre-School Series – Nomination 2019
Royal Television Society (NI) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2018
LILY'S DRIFTWOOD BAY
International Emmy – Best Kids Pre-School series – Nomination 2018/2019
Irish Film & Television Academy Award – Best Animated Programme – Award 2018
Royal Television Society (NI) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2017
Irish Animation Award – Best Pre-School series – Award 2017
Silver Hugo (Chicago International Children's Film Festival) – Award 2017
Royal Television Society (National) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2017
Royal Television Society (NI) – Best Children's Programme – Award 2016
Royal Television Society (NI) – Best International Programme – Nomination 2016
Irish Film & Television Academy – Best Animated Programme – Nomination 2016
CLOUDBABIES
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Pre-School Children's Programme – Nomination 2013
Pulcinella Award – TV Series for Pre-School – Nomination 2014
RAA RAA THE NOISY LION
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Pre-School Children's Programme – Nomination 2012
PETER KAY'S ANIMATED ALL STAR BAND
Number one single for 2 weeks in the Official Singles Chart (December 2009) selling over 400,000 copies.
Annecy – Best Music Video – Nomination 2010
British Animation Awards – Best Music Video – Nomination 2010
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Production (Craft) – Nomination 2010
ROARY THE RACING CAR
Broadcast Award – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2011
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2010
British Animation Awards – Children's Choice Award – Nomination 2010
British Animation Awards – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2010
Broadcast Award – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2010
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Children's Programme – Award 2009
BAFTA – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2008
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2008
FIFI AND THE FLOWERTOTS
Pulcinella Award – TV Series for Pre-School – Nomination 2010
Broadcast Award – Best Pre-School Series – Nomination 2010
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2009
Royal Television Society (North West) – Best Children's Programme – Award 2005
LITTLE ROBOTS
Annecy – Best Children's Programme – Nomination 2004
BIOGRAPHY
After graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University, Tim's career in animation started as a director of photography for Cosgrove Hall working on the animated series Lavender Castle for Gerry Anderson (BBC Television), and Jill Barlem's "Brambly Hedge" (BBC Television).
His directorial debut came in 2000, on the series Rotten Ralph for the BBC and Fox US, netting 2 BAFTA nominations. Further series included Andy Pandy, Little Robots, Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Cloudbabies, Lily's Driftwood Bay, Claude, and most recently Yukee. Broadcasters have included Disney, BBC, Channel 5, Fox US, PBS, ABC, and Nickelodeon to name a few. He was also approached to direct the highly acclaimed Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band for the BBC Children in Need appeal, which reached number one in the official singles chart for two weeks.
Tim has just completed the feature film Ozi: Voice of the Forest, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Medavoy (Shutter Island, Black Swan) and Keith Chapman (creator of Paw Patrol, Bob the Builder). The film was released in UK cinemas in 2024, with global release in 2025.
Awards and nominations include an International Emmy nomination, 4 BAFTA nominations, an Irish Film and Television Academy Award, 2 Royal Television Awards and multiple Royal Television Society Award nominations, a Silver Hugo, an Irish Animation Award, an IFTA nomination, Broadcast Award nominations, British Animation Award nominations, Annecy nominations, and 3 Pulcinella nominations.