---
name: "Timothy Burrill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-burrill"
fi1m_id: "timothy-burrill"
imdb_id: "nm0123135"
tmdb_id: 4399
wikidata_id: "Q22102107"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 June 1931"
died: "23 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:56.775349+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."
---

# Timothy Burrill

## Identity

Timothy Burrill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/timothy-burrill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** timothy-burrill
- **IMDb ID:** nm0123135
- **TMDB ID:** 4399
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22102107
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Burrill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4399

Producer. Born 8 June 1931 in St Asaph. Died 23 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 June 1931, St Asaph
- **Died:** 23 July 2026
- **Active:** 1979–2002
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 74 (1), 1980s 57 (1), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $153m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Burrill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4399

## Biography

Timothy Burrill (1931–2026) was a British film producer. Born in St Asaph, Wales, he began his career in production management and as an associate producer in the 1960s before taking producing roles from the mid-1970s.

He is credited as producer on *The Fourth Protocol* (1987) and *Supergirl* (1984), and served as executive or co-producer on films including *Chariots of Fire* (1981), *Tess* (1979), *The Pianist* (2002), *The Ghost Writer* (2010) and *Swimming Pool* (2003). Burrill maintained a long collaboration with director Roman Polanski and received an Academy Award nomination for best picture for *Tess*. He chaired BAFTA from 1981 to 1983.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Tess* (1979), Fi1m 74, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *The Ghost Writer* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Renaissance* (2006), Co-Producer
- *Oliver Twist* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Animal* (2005), Co-Producer
- *San Antonio* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Double zéro* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Two Brothers* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Blueberry* (2004), Producer
- *Swimming Pool* (2003), Co-Producer
- *The Pianist* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Vatel* (2000), Producer
- *The Escort* (1999), Producer
- *Bitter Moon* (1992), Co-Producer
- *The Lover* (1992), Co-Producer
- *To Kill a Priest* (1988), Co-Producer
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Supergirl* (1984), Producer
- *Another Time, Another Place* (1983), Executive Producer
- *Tess* (1979), Co-Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)
- *Superman* (1978), Production Supervisor
- *That Lucky Touch* (1975), Associate Producer
- *The Reprieve* (1972), Supervising Producer
- *Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort* (1972), Producer
- *Macbeth* (1971), Associate Producer
- *A Severed Head* (1971), Production Manager
- *Colosseum and Juicy Lucy* (1970), Producer
- *Three Sisters* (1970), Associate Producer
- *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965), Production Manager
- *The Yellow Rolls-Royce* (1964), Production Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1981: Best Picture (nominated), for *Tess*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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