Timothy Marx is an American television and film producer. His credits include productions with

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, and

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Early career

Early in his career Marx was a producer for the PBS series ''

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'', where he produced 8 independent movies or miniseries, including the Sundance grand prize winner ''

Smooth Talk ''Smooth Talk'' is a 1985 film directed by Joyce Chopra, loosely based on Joyce Carol Oates' short story " Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (1966), which was in turn inspired by the Tucson murders committed by Charles Schmid. The p ...

'' (associate producer),

's '' True West'' with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise (line producer), Pete Gurney's ''

The Dining Room ''The Dining Room'' is a play by the American playwright A. R. Gurney. It was first produced Off-Broadway at the Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizons, in 1981. Synopsis The play is a comedy of manners, set in a single dining room where 18 s ...

'', the mini-series ''Roanoak'',

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's ''The Cafeteria'',

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's ''

Rachel River ''Rachel River'' is a 1987 drama film directed by Sandy Smolan and written by Judith Guest. It is inspired by ''Letters From the Country'', a collection of short stories by Carol Bly. The film centers on the residents of a small northern Minne ...

'', and Richard Nelson's ''Sensibility and Sense''.

Film and television productions

Marx produced the hit CBS series ''

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'' for Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros television. In its first three seasons it was CBS' top rated comedy. In previous series television he produced the HBO series ''

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'' and executive produced and directed the comedy ''

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''. He also produced ''

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'', ''

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'' for ABC Family, ''

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'' for ABC, ''

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'' and ''Likely Suspects'' for Fox and the pilot episodes of '' Enlightened'' (HBO), ''The Captain'' (CBS) and ''Related'' (ABC), among others. Marx also produced the HBO movie ''

Citizen X ''Citizen X'' is a 1995 American television film which covers the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture an unknown serial killer of women and children in the 1980s, and the bureaucratic obstacles they encounter. The film is base ...

'' which won the CableAce award for Best Picture and received PGA Best Picture, 7 Emmy, and 2 Golden Globe nominations. His comedy feature film credits include '' Passed Away'', '' Penn & Teller Get Killed'', '' Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy'' and the television comedy specials ''Garry Trudeau's Rap Master Ronnie'' and ''Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread''. Other credits include Al Pacino's independent project '' The Local Stigmatic'', Richard Benjamin's TNT version of ''Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl'' and ''Deep Red'', the premiere movie for the FX channel.

Non-fiction production

In non-fiction, Marx directed and produced ''Bluetopia: The LA Dodgers Movie'', which portrayed the unique bond the team has with the ethnically diverse population of Los Angeles. Marx produced the

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movie for the US World's Fair Pavilion in Knoxville, Tennessee and numerous documentaries, including the

American Masters ''American Masters'' is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the U ...

portrait of

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. He has worked on political campaign journals with

and numerous presidential and senatorial candidates.

Affiliations

Marx is an adjunct professor at

USC School of Cinematic Arts The USC School of Cinematic Arts is an academic unit of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. With a history that dates to the first years of Sound film, talkies, the school descends from America's first ...

Personal life

Timothy Marx lives in Los Angeles with his wife Nan Simons Marx and their two children Sophie and Benjamin.

Filmography

Series and television movies

*Baby Daddy - ABC Family *Bunheads – ABC Family *The Nine Lives of Chloe King – ABC Family *The Wedding Band – TBS *Enlightened – HBO *RPM – TNT *The Captain – CBS *Justice – Fox *Invasion – ABC *Related – WB *Expeditions to the Edge – NatGeo *Entourage – HBO *The Goodbye Girl –TNT *Better Days – ABC *Arli$$ – HBO *Come on Get Happy – ABC *Likely Suspects – Fox *Radiant City – ABC *Two Mothers – ABC *Citizen X – HBO *Gemini Man – ABC *Haunting of Sea Cliff Inn – USA *Deep Red – USA *Precious Victims – CBS *Those Secrets – ABC *Helen Hayes – American Masters *Sensibility & Sense – American Playhouse *Deadline – Fox *Steel Magnolias – CBS *Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket – American Playhouse *Roanoak – American Playhouse *True West – American Playhouse

Feature films

*Bluetopia: The LA Dodgers Movie *Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy – Goldwyn *Passed Away – Hollywood Pictures *The Local Stigmatic – Independent Dir: Al Pacino *Penn & Teller Get Killed – Warner Bros. Dir: Arthur Penn *Rachel River – American Playhouse *Smooth Talk – American Playhouse * Grand Prize, Sundance Film Festival

Comedy specials

*Reno in Rage & Rehab – HBO *Garry Trudeau's Rap master Ronnie – HBO *Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread – Showtime

References

External links

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