Tim Broad was a British

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

, best known for his

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devi ...

s for the singer Morrissey. In a 1990 interview, he was described as Morrissey's closest friend. Broad directed the video for

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' songs " Girlfriend in a Coma" and " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before", and subsequently a number of videos for Morrissey, seven of which were released on the compilation

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. He also directed the videos for the

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' songs " The Living Years" and "Nobody Knows",

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's "Tears Run Rings" and several songs by

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. Broad died of an

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-related illness in 1993 at the age of 38.

Filmography: Music videos for Morrissey

* '' Suedehead'' (1988) * '' Everyday Is Like Sunday'' (1988) * ''

The Last of the Famous International Playboys "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" is a song by British solo artist Morrissey. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen Street, the song was Morrissey's third release after the Smiths break-up. Morrissey was inspire ...

'' (1989) * ''

Interesting Drug "Interesting Drug" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen Street, the song was Morrissey's first fourth release after the Smiths break-up. Morrissey was inspired lyrically b ...

'' (1989) * ''

Ouija Board, Ouija Board "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey, released as a single in November 1989. The track appears along with its B-side "Yes, I Am Blind" on the compilation album '' Bona Drag''. A shorter edit, omitting a ver ...

'' (1989) * ''

November Spawned a Monster "November Spawned a Monster" is a song by British singer Morrissey, released as a single in April 1990. It was written by Morrissey and Clive Langer and features one of Morrissey's former colleagues from the Smiths, Andy Rourke. The single r ...

'' (1990) * '' Sing Your Life'' (1990) * '' Pregnant for the Last Time'' (1991) * '' My Love Life'' (1991) * '' We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful'' (1992) * '' You're the One for Me, Fatty'' (1992)

References

Year of birth missing 1992 deaths British music video directors AIDS-related deaths in the United Kingdom {{UK-film-director-stub