Tim Firth

Career overview

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Source 1 (TMDB Bio):
Tim Firth is a screenwriter, playwright, and songwriter from North West England.
Fame: Money For Nothing (Screen One drama, 1993).
BBC TV series (1994): Once Upon a Time in the North and All Quiet on the Preston Front (award-winning).
Other TV works: The Rottentrolls (children's series), Border Cafe, Flint Street Nativity, and Cruise of the Gods.
Film credits: Calendar Girls, Blackball, Kinky Boots, and The Wedding Video.
Theatre credits: 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).
Source 1 (TMDB Info):
Gender: Male.
Birthday: October 13, 1964.
Place of Birth: Chester, Cheshire, England, UK.
Known for: Writing.
Source 2 (Wikipedia):
Joined the Footlights while at Cambridge.
Contemporaries included David Baddiel.
Source 4 (Kinobox):
Mentions Holky z kalendáře (Calendar Girls) and Sexy botky (Kinky Boots).
Paragraph 1: Background and early career.
Tim Firth is a screenwriter, playwright, and songwriter from North West England. Born in Chester, Cheshire, England, on October 13, 1964, he attended Cambridge, where he joined the Footlights alongside contemporaries such as David Baddiel. He first gained fame with the 1993 Screen One drama Money For Nothing. This was followed in 1994 by two BBC television series, Once Upon a Time in the North and the award-winning All Quiet on the Preston Front.
Paragraph 2: Television and Film.
His television credits include the children's series The Rottentrolls, as well as Border Cafe, Flint Street Nativity, and Cruise of the Gods. In film, Firth has written Calendar Girls, Blackball, Kinky Boots, and The Wedding Video.
Paragraph 3: Theatre.
Firth's work in theatre includes This is My Family, Neville's Island, The Safari Party, and The Flint Street Nativity. He also wrote the musical Our House, which received an Olivier Award for Best Musical during its West End run.
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Tim Firth is a screenwriter, playwright, and songwriter from North West England. Born in Chester, Cheshire, on October 13, 1964, he attended Cambridge, where he was a member of the Footlights alongside contemporaries such as David Baddiel. He first achieved fame with the 1993 Screen One drama Money For Nothing. A year later, he produced two BBC television series, Once Upon a Time in the North and the award-winning All Quiet on the Preston Front.

His television work includes the children's series The Rottentrolls, Border Cafe