Tim
Kirkby

Tim is an award-winning Comedy and Drama director. He has won a BAFTA Television award, as well as a British Comedy Award and has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.

He has directed and set-up many successful comedies for television both in the UK and US, including the BAFTA winning Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle for BBC, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s phenomenal break out hit Fleabag, Kathy Burke’s biopic mini series Walking and Talking for Sky Atlantic, both series of Look Around You for BBC2, and the critically acclaimed first series of My Mad Fat Diary for E4/Tiger Aspect. He also directed the BAFTA nominated BBC 1 single drama The C Word, starring Sheridan Smith. He is currently directing Don't Forget The Driver by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones for BBC/Sister Pictures.

In the US, he directs and Exec Produces his US TV series, Brockmire, for IFC starring Hank Azaria, an in episodic TV, he has directed various episode of the HBO comedy Veep, Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, FOX’s Brooklyn Nine Nine, USA’s Playing House and Man Seeking Woman for FX.

Tim is currently in production on (FUTURE) CULT CLASSIC, a 1 hour pilot for SYFY. He is a DGA member.