Tim Kirkby

Timothy John Kirkby born 13 November 1970 in Sidcup Kent England 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 Lees Comedy Vehicle and setting up the multiaward winning Fleabag 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 coexecutive produced the awardwinning first second season of Brockmire for IFC Other notable US television directing credits includes episodes of the Emmywinning HBO comedy Veep TV series Grace Frankie Brooklyn NineNine Man Seeking Woman and his Netflix 6part 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 multiawardwinning documentary strand Classic Albums as well as creating and directing all 4 series of the critically acclaimed BAFTA winning show Stewart Lees Comedy Vehicle a sixpart 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 jungledwelling 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 More recently Tim is directing The Revenge Club for Gaumont UK Freemantle Paramount which premieres 2025