Tim Bain
{{short description|British-Australian writer (born 1978)}}
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{{BLP sources|date=May 2016}}
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| caption = Bain (right) with Peter Lord at Aardman Animations in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1978|11|28}}
| birth_name = Timothy Bain
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| occupation = Television writer, director, producer, voice actor
| nationality = British Australian
| years_active = 2000–present
| website = {{url|www.timbain.com}}
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Timothy Bain (born 28 November 1978) is a British-Australian writer. He is known for writing comedy, children's and animated series for television. He is the creator of ABC Kids' action-comedy series Kangaroo Beach, Warner Bros. Discovery, CBC Kids and Sky Kids' animated family sitcom [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32783641/ Let's Go, Bananas!], and ABC Kids' upcoming action-adventure series [https://kidscreen.com/2024/08/28/abc-australia-greenlights-four-new-kids-shows/ Knee High Spies].
Bain has also written for comedy series including Aardman Animations Epic Adventures of Morph, The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, Rove and The Wedge. His children's series credits include Bluey, PJ Masks, Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and Thomas & Friends.
Acting
Bain has voiced characters in Go Jetters, Love Monster and in Thomas & Friends series 22–24, playing a variety of humans, trains and buses.
Awards
Bain won Best Children's Episode at the British Writers Guild Awards 2018 and Best Animation at the Australian Writers Guild Awards 2017 for his Counterfeit Cat script "Room of Panic".{{Cite web|url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-winners-2018/|title = Writers' Guild Awards winners 2018|date = 15 January 2018}}
Kangaroo Beach won the 2022 Screen Producers Australia Animated Series Production of the Year Award{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/screen-producers-australia-awards-2022-winners.html|title = Screen Producer Australia Awards 2022}} and was nominated for a 2021 AACTA Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2021-aacta-awards/|title = AACTA Awards 2021}}
Tooned 50, starring the voices of Alexander Armstrong and Brian Cox, and Formula-1 champions Jenson Button, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Häkkinen and Alain Prost, won a Gold Eurobest Award{{cite web|title=Eurobest Award|url=http://www.framestore.com/news/tooned-50-wins-gold-eurobest}} in 2013 and a Gold Lovie Award.{{cite web|title=Lovie Award|url=http://www.framestore.com/news/tooned-50-wins-gold-lovie-awards}}
Musicals
Bain has written several high school musical-comedies, You're History!, Lucky, RetroActive and High School Spoof-ical. They are published by Maverick Musicals and have been performed across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and South Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.maverickmusicals.com/play-category/school-musicals/?filtering=1&filter_written-by=105|title=Maverick Musicals {{!}} Musical Scripts For Sale|website=Maverick Musicals and Plays|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-14}}
Short films
Bain's short animated films Arctic Adventure (2000) and Kidd Kelly (2003) featured the voices of Eric Bana, Sigrid Thornton, John Clarke, Angus Sampson, Dave Hughes, Kim Gyngell and Judith Lucy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2155991/|title=Tim Bain|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-05-14}} They have screened at festivals including the St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Animation Festival and the Massachusetts Children's Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://timbain.com/awards/|title=Awards {{!}} Tim Bain|website=timbain.com|access-date=2016-05-14}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2155991}}
- [http://www.timbain.com Official website]
- [http://www.kangaroobeach.tv Kangaroo Beach website]
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Category:Australian children's writers
Category:Australian male television writers
Category:Australian male voice actors
Category:British children's writers
Category:British male television writers
Category:British male voice actors