Tim Francis

As a Professional Screenwriter Tim Francis has a wealth of experience and exposure on both sides of the camera both in UK and USA. In addition to being the originating Screenwriter behind several key film and television projects such as 'Miner' (the hilarious 'Full Monty Down the Mine' styled comedy/drama Feature Film, 'Mason & Son' (5 Million Dollar UK Detective TV Series), and the gritty Irish Drama 'Dark Pool', he is additionally a commissioned writer with Granada TV and has also written Six Short Films and Four Feature Film Screenplays. These were all paid options: 'Steps' starred Ron Moody; and one dark thriller, entitled 'Chaos', involved an Afghan Terrorist,Nial Benad (an acronym of Bin Laden) in an anti-globalistic attack on Wall Street and the World Trade Center - prophetically written two years before 9/11! Having classically trained with Bristol Old Vic theatre actress Kim Hicks and studied the 'method' for three years at H.B. Studios in New York, Tim has worked with many revered Directors including,Vadim Jean (Jiminy Glick in La La Wood, Leon the Pig Farmer), Fred Schepisi (Six Degrees of Separation), David Bailey, Lester Bookbinder, Howard Guard. Tim has also made over 70 commercials playing Principal Actor/lead 'hero' in most. On the 'business' front Tim is well established in the UK 'Corporate' arena. Having secured over 35% of total business for the Ethical Business Register Prompt Payer, and being Times 1000 Business Manager (Blue Chip) for Inenco (Industrial Energy Costs), he also exported his talents to the US - finding time as a paid consultant in New York to set up Drucker Wholesale Audio-Visual, achieving $1.8 million turnover in its 1st year. In the extremely tough specialist market of TV & Film, Tim's seasoned eclectic range of skills combine creative enterprise and articulate communication at every level bring confidence of the highest order to the negotiation table.