Tim Bain
Tim is an international TV writer for beloved children’s series including Bluey, PJ Masks, Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends and Aardman Animation’s Morph.
He is the creator of ABC Kids’ hit action-comedy series Kangaroo Beach, and Let’s Go, Bananas, based on his family life as a gay dad. His latest show is action-adventure Knee High Spies about a crack team of puzzle-solving toy spies, featuring state-of-the-art puppets and animatronics.
Tim has won three Australian Writers Guild Awards, but his proudest moment is writing a gag for MC Hammer (naturally about parachute pants). Tim offers an entertaining and funny session about his job as an animated TV writer making kids laugh.
Meet the Speaker
Where were you born?
Freshwater Creek, Tidy Town winner 1987
What other jobs have you had?
Party clown, singing gorilla gram and hairy fairy.
What themes are recurring in your work?
Rib-tickling comedy, edge-of-your-seat action, a beating heart.
What have been the highlights of your career?
Creating Kangaroo Beach, based on my childhood doing Little Nippers at Torquay. Also, working with my claymation heroes at Aardman and writing for Australia’s favourite blue heeler, Bluey.
Where have your works been published?
I’ve written for shows seen on Disney, Nickelodeon and Netflix, as well as ABC, Channel Seven, Nine and Ten. I’ve even been paid to write animated shows for YouTube.
What are you passionate about?
Making kids fall over in fits of laughter!
Haven’t I seen you before?
Not seen me… but you can hear me doing the voices of several Australian trains and buses in Thomas & Friends.
Sessions
Writing Television for Kids
An entertaining talk about how I fell in love with animation as a boy, tried and failed as an animator, then turned to...
TV Scriptwriting in Action
As an extension to my talk about my experiences writing for children’s television, this is a second session in which I lead...
Making Kids Television & Animation
Tim Bain is the creator/producer of ABC Kids’ Kangaroo Beach, and has written for global hits Bluey, Bob the Builder,...
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