Tim Kirkby

Timothy John Kirkby (born 13 November 1970) is a British filmmaker, working in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He is best known for directing the science parody series Look Around You, the BAFTA winning BBC 2 show Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, and setting up the multi-award-winning Fleabag.

Career Kirkby made his TV directorial debut with the BAFTA nominated science spoof Look Around You. He received further recognition for the first season of the BAFTA nominated My Mad Fat Diary, the BAFTA nominated BBC single drama The C Word, and more recently the critically acclaimed Fleabag.

In the United States he created and directed all eight episodes and co-executive produced the award-winning first & second season of Brockmire for IFC. Other notable US television directing credits includes episodes of the Emmy-winning HBO comedy Veep (TV series), Grace & Frankie, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Man Seeking Woman, and his Netflix 6-part TV series The Pentaverate created by Mike Myers, about a secret society that has been working to control world events since 1347.

He has also made documentaries with Motörhead, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest for the multi-award-winning documentary strand Classic Albums, as well as creating and directing all 4 series of the critically acclaimed BAFTA winning show Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle a six-part comedy series featuring standup and sketches. The first season was executive produced by Armando Iannucci and script edited by Chris Morris. The first episode received positive reviews from The Independent and The Daily Mirror, although the show received a negative review, written by Stewart Lee in Time Out, in which he described himself as "fat" and his performance as "positively Neanderthal, suggesting a jungle-dwelling pygmy, struggling to coax notes out of a clarinet that has fallen from a passing aircraft". The second series won a BAFTA for Best Comedy Programme in 2012.

Tim is currently developing a slate of FILM and TV projects, one of which is The Search For The Dice Man based on the novel by Luke Rhinehart.

Filmography Film Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 2015 The C Word TV Movie 2018 Action Point 2021 Last Looks 2024 Bad Tidings TV Movie TBD This Godless Place Television Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 2002, 2005 Look Around You Series 1 & 2, 14 episodes 2002, 2004, 2005 Classic Albums 3 episodes 2007 Kombat Opera Presents Series 1, episode 4 2010 Little Crackers Series 1, episode 10 2012 Walking and Talking 4-part serial 2013, 2015 The Alternative Comedy Experience Series 1 & 2, 25 episodes 2013 My Mad Fat Diary Series 1, episodes 1, 2, 3 2009, 2011,2014, 2016 Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Season 1–4, 24 episodes 2013, 2014 Veep Season 2 & 3, 3 episodes 2014 Playing House Season 1, 3 episodes 2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse Season 1, 3 episodes Man Seeking Woman Season 1, 3 episodes Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1, 1 episode Grace & Frankie Season 1, 2 episodes 2017, 2018 Brockmire Season 1 & 2, 8 episodes 2018 Fleabag Pilot/1st episode 2019 Don't Forget the Driver Series 1, 6 episodes 2019 (Future) Cult Classic Pilot for SyFy Written by Shay Hatten 2022 The Pentaverate Series 1, 6 episodes 2023 The Famous Five 3 episodes 2024 Entitled Series 1, 8 episodes 2025 The Revenge Club Series 1, 3 episodes TBD The Search For The Dice Man Series in Development

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 2003 British Comedy Awards Best New Comedy Look Around You BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Look Around You 2006 ROSE D'OR Best Comedy Look Around You 2008 ROSE D'OR Best of 2008 Kombat Opera ROSE D'OR Best comedy Kombat Opera 2010 BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1 2012 British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 2 BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 2 2014 OFTA Best Direction Veep Series 2 RTS Best Best Drama Series My Mad Fat Diary BAFTA TV Awards Best Drama Series My Mad Fat Diary OFTA Best Direction Veep Series 3 BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 3 2015 BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 4 2016 BAFTA TV Awards Best Single Drama The C Word 2017 BAFTA TV Awards Best Comedy Fleabag 2019 Venice TV Award Best Comedy Don't Forget The Driver

Television (as actor) Look Around You (2005)