About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1964-10-13
Place of birth:
Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
Website:
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Tim Firth

Overview

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. 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

Writing
2023 Greatest Days Writing Writer 59
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2019 Kinky Boots: The Musical Writing Original Film Writer 60
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2012 The Wedding Video Writing Writer 58
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2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Writing Screenplay 63
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2005 Kinky Boots Writing Screenplay 62
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2004 Our House Writing Musical 59
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2004 Our House Writing Writer 59
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2004 King of Fridges Writing Writer N/A
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2003 Calendar Girls Writing Screenplay 61
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2003 Blackball Writing Writer 58
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2002 Cruise of the Gods Writing Writer 58
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2001 Combat Sheep Writing Writer N/A
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2000 Border Cafe Writing Writer N/A
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1999 The Flint Street Nativity Writing Writer 58
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1998 Neville's Island Writing Screenplay 59
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1994 (All Quiet on the) Preston Front Writing Writer 69
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1993 Money For Nothing Writing Writer 59
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Production
2004 King of Fridges Production Executive Producer N/A
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2002 Cruise of the Gods Production Associate Producer 58
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1999 The Flint Street Nativity Production Associate Producer 58
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Crew
2000 Border Cafe Crew Creator N/A
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