1. Alex Timbers was born on August 7,1978 and is an American writer and director best known for his work on stage and television.
22 Facts About Alex Timbers
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Alex Timbers has received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Drama Desk Award, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award.
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Alex Timbers was nominated for two further Tony Awards for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Peter and the Starcatcher.
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Between 2003 and 2015, Alex Timbers served as the Artistic Director of the award-winning, experimental theater company Les Freres Corbusier.
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For Hell House, Alex Timbers was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience.
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In 2003, Alex Timbers conceived and directed the Les Freres show A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, for which he and writer Kyle Jarrow won an Obie Award.
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Alex Timbers served as the second assistant director on the Broadway premiere of Jersey Boys in 2005.
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Alex Timbers won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
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In Fall 2010, Alex Timbers directed The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway, which was filmed for HBO.
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In March 2011, Alex Timbers co-directed with Roger Rees Peter and the Starcatcher for Disney at New York Theatre Workshop.
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In 2013 and again in 2014, Alex Timbers directed Here Lies Love Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in New York City, an immersive club musical about Imelda Marcos featuring the music of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Director.
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Alex Timbers was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director.
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In 2014, Alex Timbers directed Here Lies Love at the National Theatre in London.
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Also in 2014, Alex Timbers directed the musical Rocky, based on the Oscar-winning film, on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, for which he was nominated for Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
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In 2016, Alex Timbers directed an Off-Broadway revival of The Robber Bridegroom for Roundabout Theater Company, which won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival.
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In 2018, Alex Timbers directed the out-of-town tryout of Beetlejuice at the National Theater in Washington DC.
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In September 2019, Alex Timbers served as Production Consultant on David Byrne's American Utopia at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston.
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In November 2022, Alex Timbers directed the first national tour of Beetlejuice, which premiered at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theater.
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Alex Timbers directed and executive produced the television specials John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall, and John Mulaney: Baby J, all for Netflix.
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John Mulaney: Baby J won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Special, and for his work on the special as an executive producer, Alex Timbers was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special.
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Alex Timbers is a co-creator with Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, and Paul Weitz of the Amazon Studios series Mozart in the Jungle, which won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
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Sardi's Restaurant honored Alex Timbers by unveiling a portrait of him for their famed wall of caricatures on July 20,2022.