Tim Fywell is an English

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and

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. In 2003 he made his first feature debut with ''

I Capture the Castle ''I Capture the Castle'' is Dodie Smith's first novel, written during the Second World War when she and her husband Alec Beesley, a conscientious objector, moved from their native England to California. Smith was already an established playwri ...

'', an adaptation of the novel of the same title by

Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing '' I Capture the Castle'' (1948) and the children's novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1956). Other work ...

. Fywell directed his first

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feature, ''

Ice Princess ''Ice Princess'' is a 2005 American teen sports comedy-drama film directed by Tim Fywell, written by Hadley Davis from a story by '' Princess Diaries'' creator Meg Cabot and Davis. It stars Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg an ...

'' starring

Michelle Trachtenberg Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025) was an American actress. After beginning her career in television commercials at age three, she made her television debut in her first credited role on the Nickelodeon ser ...

, in 2005. Fywell started his career in British television, directing episodes of ''

Brookside Brookside may refer to: Geography Canada * Brookside, Edmonton * Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador * Brookside, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Brookside, Berkshire, England * Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England United States * Bro ...

''.

Selected filmography

*''

'' (TV Series, unknown episodes) *'' Bergerac'' (TV Series, one episode: "All the Sad Songs", 1990) *''

Gallowglass The Gallowglass (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from meaning "foreign warriors") were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of Ireland and Scotland between the mid 13th ...

'' (TV, 1993) *''

Cracker Cracker, crackers or The Crackers may refer to: Animals * ''Hamadryas'' (butterfly), or crackers, a genus of brush-footed butterflies * '' Sparodon'', a monotypic genus whose species is sometimes known as "Cracker" Arts and entertainment Films ...

'' (TV series, episodes: 1994–95; serials: "To Be A Somebody" and "True Romance") *''

Norma Jean & Marilyn ''Norma Jean & Marilyn'' is a 1996 American biographical drama television film directed by Tim Fywell, based on the 1985 book ''Goddess, the Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe'' by Anthony Summers. The film stars Ashley Judd as Norma Jean Doughert ...

'' (TV, 1996) *'' The Woman in White'' (TV, 1997) *''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

'' (TV, 2000) *''

'' (2003) *''

Cambridge Spies ''Cambridge Spies'' is a four-part British drama miniseries written by Peter Moffat and directed by Tim Fywell, that was first broadcast on BBC Two in May 2003 and is based on the true story of four young men at the University of Cambridge who ...

'' (TV, 2003) * '' Hear the Silence'' (TV, 2003) *''

'' (2005) *'' Half Broken Things'' (TV, 2007) *'' Waking the Dead'' (TV, 8 episodes, 2007–2011) *''

Affinity Affinity may refer to: Commerce, finance and law * Affinity (law), kinship by marriage * Affinity analysis, a market research and business management technique * Affinity Credit Union, a Saskatchewan-based credit union * Affinity Equity Pa ...

'' (TV, 2008) *'' The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' (TV, 2009) *''

The Turn of the Screw ''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in '' Collier's Weekly'' from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', publis ...

'' (TV, 2009) *'' Happy Valley'' (TV, 2 episodes, 2014) *''

The English Game ''The English Game'' is a British historical sports drama television miniseries set in Lancashire, but filmed in Yorkshire, developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of association football in England. The six-part series was r ...

'' (TV, 2020)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fywell, Tim 1951 births Living people People educated at St Paul's School, London English film directors English television directors