Tim Kirkby

Who is Tim Kirkby?

Tim Kirkby is an English film, television and commercials director. He directed both spoof science parody series Look Around You and the BBC 2 show Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, a six part comedy series featuring standup and sketches, began a six episode run on March 16, 2009; the first episode was watched by approximately 1 million viewers. It 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

Other television credits include the critically acclaimed My Mad Fat Diary, Walking and Talking and more recently the HBO show Veep, in which he directed episode 9 & 10.

Look Around You won a Golden Rose at the Festival Rose d'Or for Best Comedy, and along with Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle' was nominated for a BAFTA and a British Comedy Award. Kombat Opera won 2 Golden Rose awards in 2008.