---
name: "Tim van Dammen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-van-dammen"
fi1m_id: "tim-van-dammen"
imdb_id: "nm5076726"
tmdb_id: 1182872
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-13T22:02:30.705338+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 van Dammen

## Identity

Tim van Dammen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-van-dammen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-van-dammen
- **IMDb ID:** nm5076726
- **TMDB ID:** 1182872
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5076726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182872

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5076726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182872

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Tim van Dammen is a New Zealand director, writer and producer. After graduating from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, he began by exhibiting video work in contemporary art galleries and directing music videos. He directed more than 160 videos, including for acts such as Sola Rosa and Kids of 88, and received New Zealand Music Awards recognition for the clips.

Van Dammen moved into feature films with the no-budget *Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song* (2013), which he directed, wrote and produced. He followed this with the action comedy *Mega Time Squad* (2018), again as director, writer and producer. On television he has directed episodes of *Wellington Paranormal* (2018–2022) and the Apple TV+ series *Time Bandits* (2024).

*Sources: nzonscreen.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *New Zealand Spy* (2026), series, Director
- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Reunion* (2020), Co-Writer
- *Mega Time Squad* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Wellington Paranormal* (2018), series, Director
- *Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song* (2013), Director

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