Tim Minear

Minear was born in New York City, grew up in Whittier, California, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach.

Minear was an assistant director on the film Platoon, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files, Zorro, and Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and The Inside (which he also created, with Howard Gordon).

Minear had another series, Drive, airing on Fox in April 2007; however' it was cancelled by the network after only four episodes.{{cite web

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}} Drive was set to return with two additional episodes on July 4, 2007, but these were rescheduled to July 13 and then cancelled.{{cite news|title=Drive: FOX Hijacks Last Two Episodes|url=http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/07/drive_fox_hijacks_last_two_episodes.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930201443/http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/07/drive_fox_hijacks_last_two_episodes.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-30|work=TV Series Finale|date=2007-07-06|access-date=2007-10-24}} This continued his tradition of short-lived work on Fox.

Tim Minear has worked on several shows that have lasted for only one season, including Strange World, Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside, Drive, Terriers, and The Chicago Code. After nearly a decade of writing, and producing TV shows which lasted for a single season, the streak came to an end when he was hired to write and produce for Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story. Because of all of the shows he has written and produced that lasted for only one season, he took the Twitter handle "@CancelledAgain" to mark his status as a writer/producer who was consistently in search of more work.{{cite web |last1=Kirkland |first1=Justin |title=How Tim Minear Went From "Cancelled Again" to Ryan Murphy's Go-To Showrunner |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-tim-minear-went-cancelled-again-ryan-murphys-go-showrunner-1092158/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=6 March 2018}}

Minear often works with Joss Whedon, and his work is typically characterized by a sharp, black humour and an ability to portray characters who are sympathetic and understandable, but morally ambiguous. Minear wrote the key episodes of Angel Season Two.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

In 2004, Minear stated that he was hired to write a screenplay of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.{{cite news|title=Minear To Adapt Moon|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-01/20/13.00.film|publisher=Sci Fi Wire|date=2004-01-20}}Tim Minear. [http://instapundit.com/archives/028819.php The Glenn and Helen Show (February 25, 2006)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212213918/http://instapundit.com/archives/028819.php |date=February 12, 2008 }}. Instapundit.com Occurs at 00:35:23.

In 2007, he 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. The series was being produced by 20th Century Fox Television,{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=It's a 'Miracle' for Minear, Holland, ABC|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia69b7a31e057937e7422f7874200eb8d|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2007-08-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914165539/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia69b7a31e057937e7422f7874200eb8d|archive-date=2007-09-14}} with which Minear had signed in an overall deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=d6a10be6-d294-4a4f-99af-c64d612d7b6c|title=TV Summer School: How to Have an Overall Deal|date=2007-08-20|format=blog entry|work=Watch with Kristin|publisher=E! Online}} Minear, since 2011, when American Horror Story (AHS) debuted, has been an executive producer for multiple successful shows for 20th Century Fox Television. These successful shows include AHS, as well as two shows Minear co-created, and showruns, 9-1-1, and its spin-off 9-1-1: Lone Star. All of these shows were co-created with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. In 2018, his ReamWorks company signed a new Fox deal. Minear signed this deal to make sure the shows he had co-created at Fox with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk would remain under their creative control, as Murphy had just recently left Fox to produce shows for Netflix.{{Cite web|last=Holloway|first=Daniel|date=2018-03-05|title='9-1-1' Showrunner Tim Minear Signs 20th Century Fox TV Deal|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tim-minear-fox-1202718738/|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Variety|language=en}}{{cite web |title=Tim Minear Executive Producer / Writer |url=https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/american-horror-story/ahs-cult/crew/tim-minear-executive-producer |website=fxnetworks.com |publisher=FX Productions, LLC |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=2023}}{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title=Ryan Murphy Leaves 20th TV for Netflix Mega-Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ryan-murphy-leaves-20th-tv-netflix-mega-deal-1084640/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=13 February 2018}}

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• 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
• 5x08 "Kitsunegari" (co-writer)
• 5x16 "Mind's Eye" (writer)
• Strange World
• 1x02 "Lullaby" (writer)
• 1x04 "Spirit Falls" (co-writer)
• Angel
• 1x06 "Sense & Sensitivity" (writer)
• 1x09 "Hero" (co-writer)
• 1x11 "Somnambulist" (writer)
• 1x15 "The Prodigal" (writer)
• 1x19 "Sanctuary" (co-writer)
• 2x02 "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (writer)
• 2x07 "Darla" (writer/director)
• 2x09 "The Trial" (co-writer)
• 2x10 "Reunion" (co-writer)
• 2x15 "Reprise" (writer)
• 2x16 "Epiphany" (writer)
• 2x21 "Through The Looking Glass" (writer/director)
• 3x03 "That Old Gang of Mine" (writer)
• 3x06 "Billy" (co-writer)
• 3x09 "Lullaby" (writer/director)
• 3x14 "Couplet" (co-writer/director)
• 3x20 "A New World" (director)
• 3x21 "Benediction" (writer/director)
• 4x22 "Home" (writer/director)
• Firefly
• 1x02 "The Train Job" (co-writer)
• 1x03 "Bushwhacked" (writer/director)
• 1x08 "Out of Gas" (writer)
• 1x12 "The Message" (co-writer/director)
• Wonderfalls
• 1x02 "Karma Chameleon" (writer)
• 1x07 "Barrel Bear" (unaired) (co-writer)
• The Inside
• 1x01 "New Girl In Town" (teleplay & story/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)
• Drive
• 1x00 "Unaired Pilot" (co-writer)
• 1x01 "The Starting Line" (co-writer)
• 1x02 "Partners" (co-writer)
• Dollhouse
• 1x05 "True Believer" (writer)
• 1x12 "Omega" (writer/director)
• 2x03 "Belle Chose" (writer)
• 2x11 "Getting Closer" (writer/director)
• Terriers
• 1x11 "Sins of the Past" (writer)
• The Chicago Code
• 1x04 "Cabrini-Green" (co-writer)
• American Horror Story
• 1x05 "Halloween (Part 2)" (writer)
• 1x11 "Birth" (writer)
• 2x01 "Welcome to Briarcliff" (writer)
• 2x07 "Dark Cousin" (writer)
• 2x13 "Madness Ends" (writer)
• 3x02 "Boy Parts" (writer)
• 3x09 "Head" (writer)
• 4x02 "Massacres and Matinees" (writer)
• 5x02 "Chutes and Ladders" (writer)
• 6x02 "Chapter 2" (writer)
• 6x09 "Chapter 9" (writer)
• 7x02 "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (writer)
• 7x11 "Great Again" (writer)
• 8x04 "Could It Be... Satan?" (writer)
• 9x02 "Mr. Jingles" (writer)
• Feud: Bette and Joan
• 1x02 "The Other Woman" (co-writer)
• 1x03 "Mommie Dearest" (writer)
• 1x04 "More, or Less" (co-writer)
• 1x06 "Hagsploitation" (co-writer, director)
• 9-1-1
• 1x01 "Pilot" (co-writer)
• 1x02 "Let Go" (co-writer)
• 1x10 "A Whole New You" (co-writer)
• 2x01 "Under Pressure" (co-writer)
• 5x01 "Panic" (co-writer)
• 7x01 "Abandon Ship" (writer)
• 7x06 "There Goes The Groom" (co-writer)
• 7x08 "Step Nine" (co-writer)
• 8x02 "When the Boeing Gets Tough" (co-writer)
• 8x03 "Final Approach" (co-writer)
• 8x09 "Sob Stories" (co-writer)
• 8x16 "The Last Alarm" (co-writer)
• 9-1-1: Lone Star
• 1x01 "Pilot" (writer)
• 3x01 "The Big Chill" (writer)
• 3x03 "Stock & Thaw" (writer)

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• [http://timminear.net/ TimMinear.net]
• {{IMDb name|0591101|Tim Minear}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080827173226/http://www.theinside-out.net/ Getting THE INSIDE Out... on DVD!]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060317121757/http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=433 PopGurls Quickie with Tim Minear]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824021758/http://drive-tv.blogspot.com/ The Drive News Blog]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080212213918/http://instapundit.com/archives/028819.php Tim Minear on The Glenn & Helen Show]

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