Tim Minear
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Tim Minear (born October 29, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He was born in New York, grew up in Whittier, California, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach.
Tim was an assistant director on the film Platoon, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files and Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and The Inside (which he also created, with Howard Gordon).
Tim has recently had another series picked up by FOX, currently called "Drive". He is also likely to be writer and director of the Spike movie if the project is given a greenlight.
Credits
- Angel
- 1x05 'Sense and Sensitivity' (writer)
- 1x09 'Hero' (cowriter)
- 1x11 'Somnambulist' (writer)
- 1x15 'The Prodigal' (writer)
- 1x19 'Sanctuary' (cowriter)
- 2x02 'Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been' (writer)
- 2x07 'Darla' (writer and director)
- 2x09 'The Trial' (cowriter)
- 2x10 'Reunion' (cowriter)
- 2x15 'Reprise' (writer)
- 2x16 'Epiphany' (writer)
- 2x21 'Through The Looking Glass' (writer and director)
- 3x03 'That Old Gang of Mine' (writer)
- 3x06 'Billy' (cowriter)
- 3x09 'Lullaby' (writer and director)
- 3x14 'Couplet' (cowriter)
- 3x20 'A New World' (director)
- 3x21 'Benediction' (writer and director)
- 4x22 'Home' (writer and director)
- Firefly
- 1x02 'The Train Job' (cowriter)
- 1x03 'Bushwhacked' (writer)
- 1x07 'Out of Gas' (writer and director)
- 1x12 'The Message' (cowriter)
- Wonderfalls
- 1x02 'Karma Chameleon' (writer)
- 1x06 'Barrel Bear' (unaired) (writer)
- The Inside
- 1x01 'New Girl In Town' (writer and director)
- 1x06 'Thief of Hearts' (writer)
- 1x10 'Little Girl Lost' (unaired in US, UK Airdate 03/17/2006) (writer)
Minear often works with Joss Whedon.
Minear's work is typically characterised by a sharp, black humour and an ability to portray characters who are sympathetic, understandable and completely "wrong"; the best example of this is Angel season two, where Minear wrote all of the key episodes in the 'beige Angel' arc.
He is currently working on a screenplay of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.