Tim Broad

{{Short description|British music video director (1955–1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Tim Broad

| birth_date = 1955

| death_date = 1993 (38 years old)

| birth_place = United Kingdom

| occupation = Music video director

| years_active = 1988-1993

}}

Tim Broad (1955–1993) was a British music video director, best known for his work with the singer Morrissey.

In a 1990 interview, he was described as Morrissey's closest friend.{{cite news|last1=Kent|first1=Nick|title=The Face, March 1990|url=http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/quotes/deepend.htm|access-date=21 June 2015}} Broad directed the video for The Smiths' songs "Girlfriend in a Coma" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before",{{Cite book|title = Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music|last = Zuberi|first = Nabeel|publisher = University of Illinois Press|year = 2001|isbn = 978-0252026201|pages = [https://archive.org/details/soundsenglishtra00zube/page/48 48]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/soundsenglishtra00zube/page/48}} and subsequently a number of videos for Morrissey,{{cite web|title=Morrissey videos and promo films|url=http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/discogvl-moz.htm|website=Passions Just Like Mine|access-date=21 June 2015}} seven of which were released on the compilation Hulmerist.

He also directed the videos for the Mike + The Mechanics' songs "The Living Years" and "Nobody Knows",{{cite web|title=Tim Broad - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079036/|website=IMDb|access-date=21 June 2015}} Marc Almond's "Tears Run Rings" and several songs by The Jesus and Mary Chain.{{cite book|last1=Howe|first1=Zoe|title=Barbed wire kisses : the Jesus and Mary Chain story|date=2013|publisher=Polygon|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-1846972492}}

Broad died of an HIV-related illness in 1993 at the age of 38.{{cite book|last1=Rogan|first1=Johnny|title=Morrissey & Marr : the severed alliance|date=1993|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=978-0711930001|edition=New, rev.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/morrisseymarrsev0000roga}}{{cite book|last1=Bret|first1=David|title=Morrissey : scandal and passion|date=2004|publisher=Robson|location=London|isbn=978-1861057877|page=143}}{{cite book|last1=Morrissey|title=Autobiography|date=2013|publisher=Penguin Books, Limited|location=London|isbn=978-0141394817}} He is listed on "The AIDS Memorial" Instagram page.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/theaidsmemorial/p/CcJB4GGoA8L/?hl=hr&img_index=1|title=The AIDS Memorial|access-date=2024-09-07}}