The creative career in brief!
;)
The first heavy duty creative project
I was involved with was the BBC 1 film Mimosa Boys,
a film drawn from my diary of the Falklands war starring
Owen Teale, the 1997 Tony award winner for his performance
in Ibsen's A Doll's House. I worked closely with John
Hefin, the director, during filming and post-production.
I went on to become technical advisor on Bonds, an interpretation
of a poem, and the BBC 2 drama series, Ties of Blood,
a series made for BBC Belfast. Between advising I worked
on a long string of drama and film productions including
New World, written by William Nicholson, (Shadowlands,
Nell, Grey Owl, Firelight & Gladiator), directed
by the BAFTA award winning Norman Stone and starring
James Fox, Bernard Hill and Betsy Brantley.
I won the Sunday Express short story competition.
I have written numerous short stories, two novels and
a commissioned project for television that was broadcast
by the BBC.
It is my personal aim as a fiction writer
to make difficult subject matter more digestible. I've
often argued fiction is the best medium to shine a spotlight
on flaws in any society because, by its very nature,
it's entertaining, thus works more effectively on the
subconscious. A good film can make a difference, and
therein lies the magic and mystery that drives the graft
that hones the craft of the storyteller.
I have been writing short abstract, philosophical
stories to bold, high-concept thrillers targeting thought
provoking, potential realities. The cornerstone for
all my work is entertainment, but always entertainment
born from a passion for the subject matter. I am committed
to my work absolutely.
Most recently I have set up a broad range
of online publications on a very broad spectrum of subject
matter. The purpose of these websites is to generate
advertising revenue, thus creating the time and space
to write novels. But along the journey of creating all
these websites I have found myself enjoying the experience
of writing non-fiction articles and researching the
various specialised subject matter. Now I have completed
that particular journey, I am now available to write
your original marketing copy. Being a copywriter is
not something I set out to achieve, but there is a huge
demand for it and, in my opinion ;), I am particularly
good at it.
Email me, Tim
Rees, at tim@lifeisart.co.uk
By the way, and just to promote my work
a little more, relevant to Raw Nerve, my first novel,
is the fact I served for six years in the Welsh Guards
where I worked on covert operations in Northern Ireland
for army intelligence. I also experienced front-line
combat during the Falklands war.
A few people have asked me the question:
why did I write about racism in America? When I hear
that I'm reminded of an incident some years ago when,
whilst dating an Asian girl, I was confronted by a group
of white youths calling me nigger lover. Since that
moment in time I've often pondered the inane hypocrisy
of racism. I was very interested and excited when it
looked like General Colin Powell was entering the election
race for the White House. When he decided against running
I asked myself the true reason why. Raw Nerve is the
result. Now Barack Obama is the president of the United
States of America and he is making the world a brighter
place.
