Timothy White

Timothy White, usually credited as Tim White, is a New Zealand-born film producer who has produced and executive produced many films in both Australia and New Zealand. He produced his first film in the late 1970s, while still at film school, and later became known in Australia for his collaborations with husband-and-wife filmmakers Nadia Tass and David Parker, beginning with Malcolm in 1986. He went on to produce and executive produce many Australian, New Zealand, and international productions, mostly theatrically-released feature films but also telemovies and TV series. Recent work includes The Furnace and Gracie Otto's the musical comedy Seriously Red (2022).

Early life and education Timothy White was born in the town of Fairlie on the South Island of New Zealand. It was there that he met Vincent Ward.

While still at Ilam, co-written by White. The story is described as that of "a retired art teacher dealing with isolation and loneliness, culminating in a stormy, terrifying night". The film was released in 1978. White later took a print of the film to Europe and managed to sell it to a number of distributors. shot in Australia, while working in a commercial production company run by advertising director Tony Williams. White returned to New Zealand to be first assistant director on Ward's debut feature film Vigil (1984). It was nominated for many AFI Awards, including Best Film, and winning Best Achievement in Production Design.

White collaborated with the husband-and-wife filmmakers Nadia Tass and David Parker, on their first and perhaps best known film, the award-winning 1986 comedy Malcolm, as well as Rikky and Pete (1988), and The Big Steal (1990), which were both very successful too. New Zealand romance film Broken English (1996); Gibson was the founder-owner of Icon Productions In 2022 he co-produced the musical comedy film Seriously Red, directed by Gracie Otto and featuring many of the hits of Dolly Parton.

TV series In 1992 he co-produced, with David Parker and Michael Wearing, the three-part multinational TV drama series Stark, written by Ben Elton and directed by Nadia Tass.

Executive producer Film White has also executive produced several films, including two Australian films released in 1999: Strange Fits of Passion (1999) the 2010 New Zealand TV drama series This Is Not My Life.

In 2020 he executive produced the drama television miniseries written by Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (based on her 2013 novel of the same name, and commissioned by BBC Television).

Awards and nominations 1986: Winner, AFI Award for Best Film for Malcolm 1995: Winner, AFI Award for Best Film, for Angel Baby 1999: Winner, AFI Award for Best Film, for Two Hands 2008: Winner, Best Film, in the New Zealand Film Awards, for Out of the Blue

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