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Tim John(I)

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Tim John
After British television success as one of the original writers for "The Max Headroom Show", and a spell writing for HandMade Films, Tim pursued a seven-year career in Hollywood, writing feature screenplays for nearly all the major studios, together with Network and Cable television. As well as working on his original material, he has also worked as a script doctor, providing uncredited rewrites and production polishes for many films.
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    Known for

    A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
    A Street Cat Named Bob
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 2016
    The Book with No Name
    The Book with No Name
    • Writer
      Sean Young and Tim Daly in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
      Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
      4.5
      • Writer
      • 1995
      The Einstein Enigma
      • Writer

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        • The Boy at the Back of the Class
          • Writer
          • Pre-production



        • The Perfect Escape (2023)
          The Perfect Escape
          4.6
          • Writer
          • 2023
        • Smurf in Dog Years (2020)
          Dog Years
          7.9
          TV Series
          • Writer
          • 2020
        • A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
          A Street Cat Named Bob
          7.3
          • Writer
          • 2016
        • Dennis & Gnasher (2009)
          Dennis & Gnasher
          5.5
          TV Series
          • written by
          • 2013
        • John Hasler, Joseph May, Keith Wickham, Ben Small, Martin T. Sherman, and Rachael Louise Miller in Thomas & Friends (1984)
          Thomas & Friends
          6.5
          TV Series
          • story by
          • 2003
        • Call of the Wild (2000)
          Call of the Wild
          6.6
          TV Series
          • written by
          • 2000
        • The Magnificent Seven (1998)
          The Magnificent Seven
          7.4
          TV Series
          • story by
          • 1998
        • Sean Young and Tim Daly in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
          Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
          4.5
          • screenplay
          • 1995
        • The Max Headroom Show (1985)
          The Max Headroom Show
          7.0
          TV Series
          • Writer
          • 1985–1986
        • Spitting Image (1984)
          Spitting Image
          7.4
          TV Series
          • written by
          • 1984

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          Award: Best Screenplay at the German Animation Screenplay Award at ITFS17 (co-writer) for The Journey of the Elephant Soliman

          Adventures in LALA Land, Tim's warts-and-all book about his family's seven years in Hollywood, was published on Amazon in 2014.

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