Tim Minear

Date of Birth : 29 October 1963, New York, New York, USA

Mini Biography 1

Mr. Minear came to "The X Files" in 1998 after serving successfully as executive story editor on "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." His episode credits on "Lois and Clark" include "Brutal Youth," "Twas the Night Before Mxymas," "Meet John Doe" and "I’ve Got You Under My Skin". Prior to that he spent two seasons living in New Zealand where he worked on the syndie hour-drama "High Tide." He received both writing and co-producing credits during his tenure. Other credits include story editor for Aaron Spelling’s "Robin’s Hoods," writer for New World’s "The New Adventures of Zorro" and co-writer (with Reider of the political thriller "The Infiltrator". Mr. Minear studied film at Cal State University, Long Beach.

Mini Biography 2

Tim joined ABC’s "Lois & Clark" at the beginning of the 1996-97 television season. His first script for the series, "Brutal Youth," found Lois and Clark pondering issues of mortality, married life and love while tracking a mad-scientist who had invented a criminal way to restore youth to the aged. Tim next penned the script for "Lois & Clark’s" 1996 Christmas episode, "’Twas the Night Before Mxymas," in which a selfish elf from the fifth dimension attempted to rid Metropolis of hope — and therefore Superman — but, of course, did not succeed.

When he was a child, Tim Minear’s parents chastised him for doing his homework while watching television. Little did they know he was planning a career. A Trekie long before there was a "Next Generation," Tim grew up in Whittier, California and began making super 8 movies in his backyard at the age of nine. He studied film at Cal State University at Long Beach and began his professional career in film as a production assistant then assistant director on such films as "Re-Animator," "The Men’s Club," "Dudes" and "Platoon." After penning several "spec" feature scripts, Tim worked for a time as a "script doctor," re-writing on low budget feature films. His television credits include "The New Adventures Of Zorro," "Robin’s Hoods" for Aaron Spelling and "Two" for Stephen Cannell. He spent two years as co-producer on "High Tide," a surfer/detective/comedy/drama/any-excuse-to-show-lots-of-girls-in-bikin is hour syndicated show. While working on "High Tide," Tim got to live for a year in New Zealand.

Trivia

Signed a seven-figure deal with 20th Century Fox to continue working on ’Angel’ and create, write, produce and maybe even direct new series for the studio [2001]

Left "Angel" (1999/I) after its third season to join Joss Whedon’s new show "Firefly" (2002/I). Because "Angel" showrunner David Greenwalt left at the same point to write/produce "Miracles" (2003) he still remained involved in the story breaking process of the first seven season 4 "Angel" episodes. When "Firefly" was canceled after 15 episodes he returned to "Angel" and wrote/directed the season finale "Home". But he didn’t return for season 5, because he felt that after his exit the "power vacuum" on "Angel" was filled and "business was taken care of, and quite well." He then came in contact with the pilot for the new show "Wonderfalls" (2004) and because that show needed an experienced showrunner he became involved.