Writer
Tim Firth
- Born October 13, 1964 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
Tim Firth is a screenwriter, playwright and song writer from North West England. He first came to fame with his Screen One drama Money For Nothing in 1993, and followed it up a year later with two BBC TV series; Once Upon a Time in the North and the award winning All Quiet on the Preston Front. Other TV works include the childrens series, The Rottentrolls, Border Cafe, Flint Street Nativity and Cruise of the Gods. His film credits include Calendar Girls, Blackball, Kinky Boots and The Wedding Video.
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His theatre credits include This is My Family, Neville's Island, The Safari Party, The Flint Street Nativity, and the musical Our House (West End, Olivier Award Best Musical). His play Calendar Girls broke all British records for a professional and amateur play, was nominated for an Olivier and won the Whatsonstage Best Comedy Award. Firth subsequently co-wrote the story as a musical alongside Take That's Gary Barlow, which opened at Leeds Opera house and transferred to the Phoenix Theatre in the West End, winning a Whatsonstage Award and an Olivier nomination. More recently, Firth has continued his writing partnership with Barlow to produce the hugely successful musical, The Band.
Known for
Confessions of a Shopaholic2009
Calendar Girls2003
Kinky Boots2005
Kinky Boots: The Musical2019
Blackball2003
The Wedding Video2012
Greatest Days2023
Minder1979
Filmography
- 2023Greatest DaysFilmWriter
- 2023Take That's Greatest Days: 30 Years in the MakingFilmSelf
- 2019Kinky Boots: The MusicalFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2012The Wedding VideoFilmWriter
- 2012Playhouse PresentsSeriesWriter
- 2009Confessions of a ShopaholicFilmScreenplay
- 2005Kinky BootsFilmScreenplay
- 2004Our HouseFilmWriter, Musical
- 2004King of FridgesFilmExecutive Producer, Writer
- 2003Calendar GirlsFilmScreenplay
- 2003BlackballFilmWriter
- 2002Cruise of the GodsFilmWriter, Associate Producer
- 2001Combat SheepFilmWriter
- 2000Border CafeSeriesWriter, Creator
- 1999The Flint Street NativityFilmWriter, Associate Producer
- 1998Neville's IslandFilmScreenplay
- 1996Roger and the RottentrollsSeriesCreator
- 1994(All Quiet on the) Preston FrontSeriesWriter, Creator
- 1994Once Upon A Time In The NorthSeriesWriter, Creator
- 1993Money For NothingFilmWriter
- 1989Screen OneSeriesWriter
- 1979MinderSeriesWriter