History Creator / BruceTimm

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, nods to Series/Batman1966, HurtingHero protagonists, DeadpanSnarker humor and [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[HourglassHottie curvaceous]] [[FemmeFatale bad girls]].

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, nods to Series/Batman1966, HurtingHero protagonists, DeadpanSnarker humor, and [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[HourglassHottie curvaceous]] [[FemmeFatale bad girls]].

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, nods to Series/Batman1966, HurtingHero protagonists and [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[HourglassHottie curvaceous]] [[FemmeFatale bad girls]].

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, HurtingHero protagonists and [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[HourglassHottie curvaceous]] [[FemmeFatale bad girls]].

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, HurtingHero protagonists and [[HourglassHottie curvaceous]] [[FemmeFatale bad girls]].

'''Bruce Walter Timm''' (born February 8, 1961) is an American character designer, animator and television producer. He is also a writer and artist working in comics, and is known for originating the TimmStyle of animation as well as being one of the five people generally recognized as the team responsible for the [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]] (the other four being producer-art director Eric Radomski, writer-producer Alan Burnett, writer Creator/PaulDini, and casting director Creator/AndreaRomano).

* Franchise/{{DCAU}}

* AuthorAppeal: FilmNoir, Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies, GreyAndGrayMorality, HurtingHeroes and FemmeFatales.

* TimmStyle: TropeNamer.

* CreatorCameo: He's voiced several characters in works he'd produced, including The Riddler in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and was a Gray Ghost fanboy [[spoiler:and also the villain]] in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Beware the Gray Ghost". He was also the leader of The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', which he claims was done "under duress."

* CreatorCameo: He's voiced several characters in works he'd produced, including The Riddler in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and was the villain in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Beware the Gray Ghost". He was also the leader of The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', which he claims was done "under duress."

Recently appeared on Creator/ConanOBrien's TBS series ''Series/{{Conan}}'' , helping him design the superhero [[http://teamcoco.com/theflamingc "The Flaming C"]].

Timm landed his first animation job in 1981 with Creator/{{Filmation}} Studios as a layout artist for ''WesternAnimation/{{Blackstar}}''. In 1982, he joined Creator/DonBluth Productions as an assistant animator for the feature film ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''. He then returned to Filmation to work on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''. In 1984, Timm joined Marvel Productions doing character and prop designs for ''GIJoe''. From there he went back to Filmation and worked on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. In 1987, Timm worked for Creator/RalphBakshi Productions as a character designer on ''The New Adventures of WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'', and also worked on ''WesternAnimation/SpiralZone''. In 1988, he worked for Creator/DiCEntertainment on ''The WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil Show'', which gave him his first shot at directing.

* OneOfUs: Aside from the obvious he's a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion.''

* ApprovalOfGod[=/=]CreatorPreferredAdaptation: He's stated he [[http://io9.com/bruce-timm-reacts-to-suicide-squads-live-action-harley-1702168821 liked Harley's costume in]] ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''. However...
** DisownedAdaptation: [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/08/bruce-timm-talks-and-the-first-episode-of-justice-league-gods-and-monsters-chronicles/ ...he's also implied]] that he's not fond of Harley's ComicBook/{{New 52}} redesign [[spoiler: and that Harley's death in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' tie-in miniseries, ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'' was a TakeThat towards ''New 52'''s Harley.]]

* OneOfUs: I mean, ''[[CaptainObvious duh]],'' but aside from the obvious he's a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion.''

** DisownedAdaptation: [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/08/bruce-timm-talks-and-the-first-episode-of-justice-league-gods-and-monsters-chronicles/ ...he's also implied]] that he's not fond of Harley's ComicBook/{{New 52}} redesign [[spoiler: and that Harley's death in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' tie-in miniseries, ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'' was a TakeThat towards ''New 52''!Harley.]]

In 1989, Timm joined Creator/WarnerBros to be a storyboard artist and character designer for ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. In a remarkable stroke of good luck, it was on this assignment that he first met Radomski, Dini and Romano, forging a creative team that would end up lasting the better part of twenty years. Shortly before ''Tiny Toons'' was cancelled, Warner decided to try producing an [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated Batman series]] to capitalize on the popularity of Creator/TimBurton's reboot of the franchise. Timm and Radomski both made it known they were interested, with Timm doing some designs for Batman in the style of the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons shorts from the 1940s, and were then made co-producers, with Timm handling the character designs and Radomski tackling the art direction. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' premiered in September 1992, and eighty-five episodes were produced and aired by {{FOX}} on weekday afternoons. He went on to co-create and produce ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (premiered in September 1996), ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (premiered in September 1997), and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (1999-2002) for Creator/TheWB network. Timm also served as producer on the feature-length straight-to-DVD ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' before taking the helm as creator and producer of the critically and fan-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', which debuted in November 2001 on the Creator/CartoonNetwork. It ran for two seasons before being revamped into ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which ran for three more. ''Unlimited'' would be the final ''DCAU'' series in terms of both continuity and style. Timm continues to be producer on many DC based straight-to-DVD animated projects like ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' and ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]''.

* CreatorCameo: He's voiced several characters in works he'd produced, including The Riddler in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and was the villain in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Beware the Gray Ghost" He was also the leader of The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', which he claims was done "under duress."

* CreatorCameo: He's voiced several characters in works he'd produced, including The Riddler in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and was the villain in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Grey Ghost Strikes!" He was also the leader of The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', which he claims was done "under duress."

* TimmStyle: TropeNamer

* UnusualEuphemism: Ivy tells Harley at one point that she does occasionally need to "[[ADateWithRosiePalms mist my fern.]]"

In 1989, Timm joined Creator/WarnerBros to be a storyboard artist and character designer for ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. In a remarkable stroke of good luck, it was on this assignment that he first met Radomski, Dini and Romano, forging a creative team that would end up lasting the better part of twenty years. Shortly before ''Tiny Toons'' was cancelled, Warner decided to try producing an [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated Batman series]] to capitalize on the popularity of Creator/TimBurton's reboot of the franchise. Timm and Radomski both made it known they were interested, with Timm doing some designs for Batman in the style of the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons shorts from the 1940s, and were then made co-producers, with Timm handling the character designs and Radomski tackling the art direction. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' premiered in September 1992, and eighty-five episodes were produced and aired by {{FOX}} on weekday afternoons. He went on to co-create and produce ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (premiered in September 1996), ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (premiered in September 1997), and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (1999-2002) for Creator/TheWB network. Timm also served as producer on the feature-length straight-to-DVD ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' before taking the helm as creator and producer of the critically and fan-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', which debuted in November 2001 on the Creator/CartoonNetwork. It ran for two seasons before being revamped into ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which ran for three more. ''Unlimited'' would be the final ''DCAU'' series in terms of both continuity and style. Timm continues to be producer on many DC based straight-to-DVD animated projects like ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' and ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]''.

In 1989, Timm joined Creator/WarnerBros to be a storyboard artist and character designer for ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. In a remarkable stroke of good luck, it was on this assignment that he first met Radomski, Dini and Romano, forging a creative team that would end up lasting the better part of twenty years. Shortly before ''Tiny Toons'' was cancelled, Warner decided to try producing an [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated Batman series]] to capitalize on the popularity of Creator/TimBurton's reboot of the franchise. Timm and Radomski both made it known they were interested, with Timm doing some designs for Batman in the style of the {{Superman Theatrical Cartoon|s}} shorts from the 1940s, and were then made co-producers, with Timm handling the character designs and Radomski tackling the art direction. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' premiered in September 1992, and eighty-five episodes were produced and aired by {{FOX}} on weekday afternoons. He went on to co-create and produce ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (premiered in September 1996), ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (premiered in September 1997), and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (1999-2002) for Creator/TheWB network. Timm also served as producer on the feature-length straight-to-DVD ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' before taking the helm as creator and producer of the critically and fan-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', which debuted in November 2001 on the Creator/CartoonNetwork. It ran for two seasons before being revamped into ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which ran for three more. ''Unlimited'' would be the final ''DCAU'' series in terms of both continuity and style. Timm continues to be producer on many DC based straight-to-DVD animated projects like ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' and ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]''.

* CreatorCameo: He's voiced several characters in works he'd produced, including The Riddler in ''BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and was the villain in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Grey Ghost Strikes!" He was also the leader of The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', which he claims was done "under duress."
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: He's stated he [[http://io9.com/bruce-timm-reacts-to-suicide-squads-live-action-harley-1702168821 liked Harley's costume in]] ''Film/SuicideSquad''. However...
** DisownedAdaptation: [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/08/bruce-timm-talks-and-the-first-episode-of-justice-league-gods-and-monsters-chronicles/ ...he's also implied]] that he's not fond of Harley's ComicBook/{{New 52}} redesign [[spoiler: and that Harley's death in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' tie-in miniseries, ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'' was a TakeThat towards ''New 52''!Harley.]]

In 1989, Timm joined Creator/WarnerBros to be a storyboard artist and character designer for ''WEsternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. In a remarkable stroke of good luck, it was on this assignment that he first met Radomski, Dini and Romano, forging a creative team that would end up lasting the better part of twenty years. Shortly before ''Tiny Toons'' was cancelled, Warner decided to try producing an [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated Batman series]] to capitalize on the popularity of Creator/TimBurton's reboot of the franchise. Timm and Radomski both made it known they were interested, with Timm doing some designs for Batman in the style of the {{Superman Theatrical Cartoon|s}} shorts from the 1940s, and were then made co-producers, with Timm handling the character designs and Radomski tackling the art direction. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' premiered in September 1992, and eighty-five episodes were produced and aired by {{FOX}} on weekday afternoons. He went on to co-create and produce ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (premiered in September 1996), ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (premiered in September 1997), and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (1999-2002) for Creator/TheWB network. Timm also served as producer on the feature-length straight-to-DVD ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' before taking the helm as creator and producer of the critically and fan-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', which debuted in November 2001 on the Creator/CartoonNetwork. It ran for two seasons before being revamped into ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which ran for three more. ''Unlimited'' would be the final ''DCAU'' series in terms of both continuity and style. Timm continues to be producer on many DC based straight-to-DVD animated projects like ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' and ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]''.

Timm landed his first animation job in 1981 with Creator/{{Filmation}} Studios as a layout artist for ''WesternAnimation/{{Blackstar}}''. In 1982, he joined Creator/DonBluth Productions as an assistant animator for the feature film ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''. He then returned to Filmation to work on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''. In 1984, Timm joined Marvel Productions doing character and prop designs for ''GIJoe''. From there he went back to Filmation and worked on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. In 1987, Timm worked for Creator/RalphBakshi Productions as a character designer on ''The New Adventures of WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'', and also worked on ''WesternAnimation/SpiralZone''. In 1988, he worked for Creator/DiCEntertainment on ''The BeanyAndCecil Show'', which gave him his first shot at directing.

Timm landed his first animation job in 1981 with Creator/{{Filmation}} Studios as a layout artist for ''WesternAnimation/{{Blackstar}}''. In 1982, he joined Creator/DonBluth Productions as an assistant animator for the feature film ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''. He then returned to Filmation to work on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''. In 1984, Timm joined Marvel Productions doing character and prop designs for ''GIJoe''. From there he went back to Filmation and worked on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. In 1987, Timm worked for Creator/RalphBakshi Productions as a character designer on ''The New Adventures of MightyMouse'', and also worked on ''WesternAnimation/SpiralZone''. In 1988, he worked for Creator/DiCEntertainment on ''The BeanyAndCecil Show'', which gave him his first shot at directing.

Bruce Walter Timm (born on February 8, 1961) is an American character designer, animator and television producer. He is also a writer and artist working in comics, and is known for originating the TimmStyle of animation as well as being one of the five people generally recognized as the team responsible for the [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]] (the other four being producer-art director Eric Radomski, writer-producer Alan Burnett, writer Creator/PaulDini, and casting director Creator/AndreaRomano).