---
name: "Tim Leandro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-leandro"
fi1m_id: "tim-leandro"
tmdb_id: 1982494
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.628381+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tim Leandro

## Identity

Tim Leandro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-leandro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-leandro
- **TMDB ID:** 1982494
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1982494

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md), [Indra Bhose](https://film.one/person/indra-bhose.md), [Jamie Annett](https://film.one/person/jamie-annett.md), [Richard Holthouse](https://film.one/person/richard-holthouse.md), [Rob Evans](https://film.one/person/rob-evans.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1982494

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tim Leandro is a television director. He has directed episodes of *Casualty* (from 1998) and *London's Burning* (2001).

Leandro began as a video artist in the 1980s before moving into factual television and documentaries at the BBC. He trained in drama direction at the BBC and began working in drama in the early 1990s. His credits include episodes of *EastEnders*, *Emmerdale*, *Hollyoaks*, *The Bill*, *Byker Grove*, *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* and *Ultimate Force*. He wrote and directed the television film *Justice in Wonderland* (2000) and the short *Tomorrow Calling* (1993).

Leandro is Senior Lecturer in Directing for Film and Television at the University of York. He is a twice BAFTA-nominated director and holds an MA in screenwriting from Falmouth University.

*Sources: imdb.com, york.ac.uk, youtube.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *From Soup to Nuts* (2012), Director
- *The Golden Hour* (2005), series, Director
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Director
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, Director
- *North Square* (2000), series, Director
- *Justice in Wonderland* (2000), Director
- *The Vice* (1999), series, Director
- *City Central* (1998), series, Director
- *Five Go to Smuggler's Top* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *Five on a Treasure Island* (1995), as Art Direction
- *The Famous Five* (1995), series, Director
- *Funky Black Shorts* (1994), series, Director
- *Tomorrow Calling* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Byker Grove* (1989), series, Director
- *London's Burning* (1986), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director

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