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Tim Minear (born October 29, 1963) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 screenwriter and director. He was born in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, grew up in Whittier, California
Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California by enrollment....
.

Minear was an assistant director on the film Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
 and Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World
Strange World (TV series)

Strange World is a short-lived United States television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology....
, Angel
Angel (TV series)

Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999....
, Firefly
Firefly (TV series)

Firefly is an American science fiction television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel , under his Mutant Enemy Productions....
, Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls

Wonderfalls is a television program that was featured on the Fox Broadcasting Company television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop....
, and The Inside
The Inside

The Inside is an Television in the United States crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Entertainment....
 (which he also created, with Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon

Howard Gordon is an United States screenwriter and producer....
).

Minear had another series, Drive
Drive (TV series)

Drive is a short-lived, Emmy Award-nominated television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen and produced by Minear, Queen, and Greg Yaitanes....
, airing on FOX in April 2007, however it was cancelled by the network after only four episodes.






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Tim Minear (born October 29, 1963) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 screenwriter and director. He was born in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, grew up in Whittier, California
Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California by enrollment....
.

Minear was an assistant director on the film Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
 and Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World
Strange World (TV series)

Strange World is a short-lived United States television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology....
, Angel
Angel (TV series)

Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999....
, Firefly
Firefly (TV series)

Firefly is an American science fiction television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel , under his Mutant Enemy Productions....
, Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls

Wonderfalls is a television program that was featured on the Fox Broadcasting Company television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop....
, and The Inside
The Inside

The Inside is an Television in the United States crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Entertainment....
 (which he also created, with Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon

Howard Gordon is an United States screenwriter and producer....
).

Minear had another series, Drive
Drive (TV series)

Drive is a short-lived, Emmy Award-nominated television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen and produced by Minear, Queen, and Greg Yaitanes....
, airing on FOX in April 2007, however it was cancelled by the network after only four episodes. Drive was set to return with two additional episodes on July 4, 2007, but these were rescheduled to July 13th and then cancelled. This continued his tradition of short-lived work on FOX.

Minear often works with Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
, and his work is typically characterised by a sharp, black humour and an ability to portray characters who are sympathetic and understandable, but morally ambiguous. An example of this is Angel
Angel (TV series)

Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999....
 Season Two, where Minear wrote all of the key episodes in the 'beige Angel' arc.

In 2004 Tim Minear stated that he was hired to write a screenplay of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by USA writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a Moon colony's revolt against rule from Earth....
. In 2006 Minear had finished the script, which was being shopped around to various directors.

In 2007 Minear received a pilot commitment from ABC for Miracle Man, a drama series for which the company engaged in a bidding war with Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
. The series is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television

Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
, with which Minear is signed in an overall deal.

Credits

  • Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
    • 4x05 "Brutal Youth" (writer)
    • 4x11 "'Twas the Night Before Mxymas" (writer)
    • 4x14 "Meet John Doe" (writer)
    • 4x20 "I've Got You Under My Skin" (writer)
  • The X-Files
    The X-Files

    The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
    • 5x08 "Kitsunegari" (co-writer)
    • 5x16 "Mind's Eye" (writer)
  • Strange World
    Strange World (TV series)

    Strange World is a short-lived United States television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology....
    • 1x02 "Lullaby" (writer)
    • 1x04 "Spirit Falls" (co-writer)
  • Angel
    Angel (TV series)

    Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999....
    • 1x05 "Sense & Sensitivity" (writer)
    • 1x09 "Hero
      Hero (Angel episode)

      "Hero" is episode 9 of season 1 in the television show Angel . Written by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and directed by Tucker Gates, it was originally broadcast on November 30, 1999 on the WB television network....
      " (co-writer)
    • 1x11 "Somnambulist
      Somnambulist (Angel episode)

      "Somnambulist" is episode 11 of season 1 in the television show Angel . See also List of Angel episodes....
      " (writer)
    • 1x15 "The Prodigal
      The Prodigal (Angel episode)

      "The Prodigal" is episode 15 of season 1 in the television show Angel . Written by Tim Minear and directed by Bruce Seth Green, it was originally broadcast on February 22, 2000 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer)
    • 1x19 "Sanctuary
      Sanctuary (Angel episode)

      "Sanctuary" is episode 19 of season 1 in the television show Angel . Co-written by Tim Minear and series creator Joss Whedon and directed by Michael Lange, it was originally broadcast on May 2, 2000 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (co-writer)
    • 2x02 "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (writer)
    • 2x07 "Darla
      Darla (Angel episode)

      "Darla" is episode 7 of season 2 in the television show Angel . Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on November 14, 2000 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer/director)
    • 2x09 "The Trial
      The Trial (Angel episode)

      "The Trial" is episode 9 of season 2 in the television show Angel . Written by Douglas Petrie and Tim Minear and directed by Bruce Seth Green, this episode was originally broadcast on November 28, 2000 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (co-writer)
    • 2x10 "Reunion
      Reunion (Angel episode)

      "Reunion" is episode 10 of season 2 in the television show Angel ....
      " (co-writer)
    • 2x15 "Reprise
      Reprise (Angel episode)

      "Reprise" is episode 15 of season 2 in the television show Angel . Written by Tim Minear and directed by James Whitmore Jr., it was originally broadcast on February 20, 2001 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer)
    • 2x16 "Epiphany
      Epiphany (Angel episode)

      "Epiphany" is episode 16 of season 2 in the television show Angel . Written by Tim Minear and directed by Thomas J. Wright, it was originally broadcast on February 27, 2001 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer)
    • 2x21 "Through The Looking Glass
      Through the Looking Glass (Angel episode)

      "Through the Looking Glass" is episode 21 of season 2 in the television show Angel . Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 15, 2001 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer/director)
    • 3x03 "That Old Gang of Mine
      That Old Gang of Mine (Angel episode)

      "That Old Gang of Mine" is episode 3 of season 3 in the television show Angel , originally broadcast on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer)
    • 3x06 "Billy
      Billy (Angel episode)

      "Billy" is episode 6 of season 3 in the television show Angel . Written by Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell and directed by David Grossman, it was originally broadcast on October 29, 2001 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (co-writer)
    • 3x09 "Lullaby
      Lullaby (Angel episode)

      "Lullaby" is episode 9 of season 3 in the television show Angel . Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on November 19, 2001 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer/director)
    • 3x14 "Couplet
      Couplet (Angel episode)

      "Couplet" is episode 14 of season 3 in the television show Angel ....
      " (co-writer/director)
    • 3x20 "A New World
      A New World (Angel episode)

      "A New World" is episode 20 of season 3 in the television show Angel . Written by Jeffrey Jackson Bell and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 6, 2002 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (director)
    • 3x21 "Benediction
      Benediction (Angel episode)

      "Benediction" is episode 21 of season 3 in the television show Angel ....
      " (writer/director)
    • 4x22 "Home
      Home (Angel episode)

      "Home" is episode 22 of season 4 in the television show Angel . Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 7, 2003 on the Warner Brothers Network television network....
      " (writer/director)
  • Firefly
    Firefly (TV series)

    Firefly is an American science fiction television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel , under his Mutant Enemy Productions....
    • 1x02 "The Train Job
      The Train Job

      "The Train Job" is the second episode of US science fiction television program Firefly created by Joss Whedon, although it was the first to be shown....
      " (co-writer)
    • 1x03 "Bushwhacked" (writer/director)
    • 1x07 "Out of Gas
      Out of Gas

      "Out of Gas" is the eighth episode of the science fiction Television program#Seasons/Series Firefly created by Joss Whedon. It differs stylistically from the rest of the series, in that it tells its story alternately in three timeframes: events in the present, events in the near-past that led to the present, and events in the past that...
      " (writer)
    • 1x12 "The Message" (co-writer/director)
  • Wonderfalls
    Wonderfalls

    Wonderfalls is a television program that was featured on the Fox Broadcasting Company television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop....
    • 1x02 "Karma Chameleon" (writer)
    • 1x07 "Barrel Bear" (unaired) (co-writer)
  • The Inside
    The Inside

    The Inside is an Television in the United States crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Entertainment....
    • 1x01 "New Girl In Town" (final story & writer/director)
    • 1x06 "Thief of Hearts" (co-writer)
    • 1x10 "Little Girl Lost" (unaired in US, UK Airdate 03/17/2006) (co-writer)


    • 1x13 "Skin and Bone" (unaired) (story)


See also

  • Mutant Enemy Productions
    Mutant Enemy Productions

    'Mutant Enemy Productions' is the production company created in 1997 by Joss Whedon to produce Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The company also produced Angel , a Buffy spin-off; Firefly , a short-lived Space Western; and Dr....


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