Tim Quarman
- Visual Effects
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Educated in London, England at The Central School of Speech & Drama and
The School of Slavonic & East European Studies (University of London),
Tim has worked in film, television and theatre since 1985. Working,
primarily, in the field of digital post-production supervision and
digital film. His work has included technical supervision credits for
the television versions of The Last Emperor (1987), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Erik the Viking (1989),
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Sheltering Sky (1990). Between
1988-1990 he was Head of Film Services at the Rank Organisation,
responsible for the digital mastering of features for Rank Film
Distributors, Columbia Tri-Star Pictures and Warner Bros., Burbank.
From 1990 he worked more closely with digital systems e.g. Avid and
AMS/Neve technology, and their application to the film and broadcast
television environments. From 1996-1997 he worked exclusively for The
Computer Film Company (CFC) in London, where further credits include
digital film work for: Dennis Potter's Karaoke (1996), The Saint (1997), Swept from the Sea (1997) aka "Amy Foster", Photographing Fairies (1997), The English Patient (1996) and Event Horizon (1997). While at CFC he also worked on a number of 70mm IMAX
films for the IMAX Corporation, based in Toronto, Canada. During
1989-1991, Tim also worked as a producer in the field of interactive
video - applying this new technology and knowledge through what was
then his own company, Kaméra. In the past, he has also worked in
professional theatre, and in particular, co-produced and directed the
lesser-known play Leonardo Was Right? (1976) by Roland Topor, which
played the London fringe and ended with a run at the Edinburgh Festival
in 1997.