TIM LEANDRO

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Biography

Tim is a twice BAFTA nominated film and television director.

He has been commissioned to write three feature film scripts.

Tim wrote the screenplay for his short film, Tomorrow Calling, and he was the uncredited screenwriter on the BBC feature length drama, Justice in Wonderland, starring Charles Dance.

To date Tim has written three novels, for which WGM Atlantic are now seeking publishers. These are Televisionland, Metacomet (a historic epic set in New England in 1675 based on a true story), and S.O.S (an eco-horror set at sea).

Tim is presently Senior Lecturer in Film and TV at the University of Hertfordshire.

In a film and television career spanning three decades, Tim has witnessed all aspects of the industry. In that time he has directed most genres of television from documentary and factual to high-end drama, children’s drama and soap.

Tim has directed twenty-three episodes of EastEnders, six of Byker Grove, eleven of The Bill, twenty-one eps of Casualty and twenty-five of Hollyoaks.