Certified Instructor- BADC
Fight Director- Fight Directors Canada
Member- Independent Fight Directors Guild
Tim works internationally as a fight director. He creates fights for theatre, ballet, opera, film, video games and television. His approach is unique, and is best known for his cutting edge approach to acting a fight scene. Credits include Shakespeare’s Globe, Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Festival Hall, Haymraket Theatre Basingstoke, Nashville Ballet, Comedy Theatre London, and The Tobacco Factory Bristol, BBC, Channel 4.
Born in New York, Tim studied method acting in the US and went on to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he also apprenticed as a stage combat teacher. Tim is resident fight director at The Drama Centre; London’s leading Drama School for the methodical approach to acting. More recently he has studied Sanford Meisner’s approach to acting with Tom Radcliffe.
As an educator, Tim staffs and creates workshops and events in the UK, US, Canada, Italy, South Africa, Ireland, and the Netherlands. His classes are challenging and dynamic, focusing as much on acting as combat. Drama Schools include Drama Centre London, Oxford School of Drama, and Movement classes at Actors Temple London.
From time to time Tim has provided casting assistance for productions seeking action actors and motion capture performers, including Kingdom of Heaven and Alexander. Work in motion capture for video games includes Medieval Total War II, Spartan Total Warrior, Killzone 2, and Shellshock 2.
Tim is a campaigner for fair competition in fight directing.
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