“The best part is, Tim is undeniably himself, always creating, always smiling, a gentle soul who is someone you want to be around all the time.”
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Over the past year, some of our days have felt a little short and gloomy. To get our creative juices flowing again - change direction and instil some fun - we found our remedy in the form of a good friend of SK: London-based Filmmaker, Creator and Director Tim Nathan. His work in film, simply put, is pretty f*cking amazing. He is unapologetically pulling apart typical genres and putting them back together in only a way Tim’s mind could manufacture. His charm and honesty permeate through his distinctive and inimitable style. A sought-after chap who is dispelling the myth that just anyone can simply pick up a working camera and produce what he does, he captures the moments in between the big picture, the details that actually matter but not everyone can see.
How did you get into film?
This is a weird roundabout one… when I was 18, I moved over east from WA, I got really interested in acting and kinda wanted to just be on Home and Away or something, probably just so I could be famous and talk to girls or something.
So I did some extra work and courses and stuff and became really obsessed with it and started watching tons and tons of films starting from the 1920’s silent films up to contemporary films now. It got to a point where I realized that I was picking films based more on directors than actors.
Then I discovered Larry Clark and Harmony Korine after watching “Kids” and I just thought fuck I want to make something like this so bad. Harmony is the man. So I enrolled at film school and met some buddies there that I still work with today, the rest is history really.
What is something you always take with you on set?
Me and Ed Triglone (DP and close friend) have an ongoing joke about “production cigarettes” hahaha, to the point where most of the crew heads out multiple times during the day for “productionies”, but I always take a notepad with me too, sometimes I cut pictures and glue them onto pages, write lists and cross them off as I go. I get too distracted by a computer and just end up on YouTube forgetting what I was doing.
Are there any recent epic films you have watched, or maybe some old-time favourites?
Such a dangerous question to ask a filmmaker…
I watched Nomadland recently; that was amazing. I watched this insane short film on Mubi the other day; “Scel” 1996 by Marcell Ivanyi, a film that will stick in your mind for a goddam while. Daunting.
Another short I love is “All These Creatures” by Charles Williams which won at Cannes in 2018. A couple of my recent favourite films off the bat are; Blow Up 1966 - by Michelangelo Antonioni, Arrival 2016 - by Denis Villeneuve and Dogman 2018 - by Matteo Garrone.
