Tim van Someren

Tim specialises in directing live music, live theatre, special events, and TV entertainment formats.
He has been directing live music performances for 20 years, since learning his trade at MTV in the 90’s. He has filmed 100s of artists, from Paul McCartney to Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey to the Police. Acoustic showcases, classical concerts, pop festivals or stadium rock shows are all in his long and varied CV.

He is also known for his multi-camera theatre capture, filming for The National Theatre, The Donmar Warehouse, the BBC and others. His credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Sienna Miller, Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein, Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth, Amadeus, Wind in the Willows, Follies, Antigone, As You Like It and many many others.

In Special Events and Award Shows, Tim’s credits include Dynamo at the O2, The Mercury Music Prize, MTV Award Shows in Asia and Africa, Children in Need, The 2012 Olympics and many many more.

Tim’s TV credits are almost too numerous to mention but include Robot Wars, The Great Pottery Throwdown, Wild Things, The Claire Balding Show, A League of Their Own, Top of the Pops, The Magicians, The Friday Night Project, and a host of others extending back 2 decades.

Tim has won numerous awards including the Prix Italia, the Rose D’Or, a Grierson and an RTS, and he has been nominated for a BAFTA, a Broadcast Award, a D&AD and a Cannes Media Lion. 

Tim is 49 and lives in Highgate with his wife, Chloe, and two children.