Bruce Timm

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Harley Quinn (concept by Paul Dini) was brought to life by Timm's acclaimed style

Bruce Walter Timm (born on February 8, 1961), is an American character designer, animator and producer. He is also a writer and artist working in comics, well known for his contributions building the modern DC Comics animated franchise.

1 Animation
2 Comics
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Animation

Timm's early career in animation was varied; he started at Filmation, working on the layout of Blackstar, Flash Gordon, He-Man & The Masters of the Universe, and The Lone Ranger (Timm also did background work on GI Joe). He also worked for numerous other employers, including Don Bluth Productions, and attempted to find work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics, but without luck. In 1989, Timm joined Warner Bros.

Timm appeared in the episode of The New Batman Adventures, "Holiday Knights" - left to right are Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami and Shane Glines

At Warner, Timm worked on Tiny Toon Adventures. However, he is best known for his subsequent work on the animated series based on various DC Comics superheroes, popularly referred to as the "DCAU"(DC Animated Universe). Along with his "Tiny Toons" partner Eric Radomski, Timm co-created and produced Batman: The Animated Series, which premiered in September 1992, and went on to co-create and produce Superman: The Animated Series (premiered in September 1996), The New Batman Adventures (premiered in September 1997), and Batman Beyond (premiered in January 1999). He also served as producer on the feature-length Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker before taking the helm as creator and producer of the animated version of Justice League, which debuted in November 2001. This series continued in the form of Justice League Unlimited. Timm was also the executive producer of the Teen Titans animated series.

Though Timm does not usually work as an actor, he has provided the voices for some characters in the animated series he has been involved in. His cameos include the episode of Batman: The Animated Series, "Beware the Gray Ghost", playing the toy shop owner, as himself in the episode of The New Batman Adventures, "Holiday Knights", and also as the leader of the Jokerz gang in Batman Beyond.

[edit] Comics

While Timm is primarily known for his work in animation, he has also worked in comics, a lifelong passion for him. He was involved with Batman Adventures and has also worked on Avengers and Vampirella. He is also a popular cover and pin-up artist.

In 1994, Timm and Paul Dini won the Eisner Award for Best Single Story for Batman Adventures: Mad Love. He won the same prize the next year as well, for Batman Adventures Holiday Special, with Dini, Ronnie del Carmen and others.

He also co- created Harley Quinn, (with writer Paul Dini) working from Dini's original design.

[edit] Trivia

Bruce is a comics "purist", and refers to himself and his associates (including Paul Dini, Eric Radomski, Dan Riba and Alan Burnett) as "geeks".
Bruce's minimalist, angular style is heavily based in his love of 1950's and 1960's-era comics and art deco architecture style. He is also completely self-taught, having never recieved any formal art schooling.
Although he shared character designer duties on Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League with James Tucker, Timm did virtually all the original character designs for Batman: The Animated Series himself.