Tim Broad

{{Infobox person | name = Tim Broad | birth_date = 1955 | death_date = 1993 (38 years old) | birth_place = United Kingdom | occupation = Music video director | years_active = 1988-1993 }} '''Tim Broad''' (1955–1993) was a British music video director, best known for his work with the singer Morrissey.

In a 1990 interview, he was described as Morrissey's closest friend.<ref name="The Face">{{cite news|last1=Kent|first1=Nick|title=The Face, March 1990|url=http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/quotes/deepend.htm|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Broad directed the video for The Smiths' songs "Girlfriend in a Coma" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before",<ref>{{Cite book|title = Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music|last = Zuberi|first = Nabeel|publisher = University of Illinois Press|year = 2001|isbn = 978-0252026201|pages = [https://archive.org/details/soundsenglishtra00zube/page/48 48]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/soundsenglishtra00zube/page/48}}</ref> and subsequently a number of videos for Morrissey,<ref name=Passions>{{cite web|title=Morrissey videos and promo films|url=http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/discogvl-moz.htm|website=Passions Just Like Mine|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> seven of which were released on the compilation Hulmerist.

He also directed the videos for the Mike + The Mechanics' songs "The Living Years" and "Nobody Knows",<ref name=IMDb>{{cite web|title=Tim Broad - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079036/|website=IMDb|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Marc Almond's "Tears Run Rings" and several songs by The Jesus and Mary Chain.<ref name=Howe>{{cite book|last1=Howe|first1=Zoe|title=Barbed wire kisses : the Jesus and Mary Chain story|date=2013|publisher=Polygon|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-1846972492}}</ref>

Broad died of an HIV-related illness in 1993 at the age of 38.<ref name=Rogan>{{cite book|last1=Rogan|first1=Johnny|title=Morrissey & Marr : the severed alliance|date=1993|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=978-0711930001|edition=New, rev.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/morrisseymarrsev0000roga}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bret|first1=David|title=Morrissey : scandal and passion|date=2004|publisher=Robson|location=London|isbn=978-1861057877|page=143}}</ref><ref name=Morrissey>{{cite book|last1=Morrissey|title=Autobiography|date=2013|publisher=Penguin Books, Limited|location=London|isbn=978-0141394817}}</ref> He is listed on "The AIDS Memorial" Instagram page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/theaidsmemorial/p/CcJB4GGoA8L/?hl=hr&img_index=1|title=The AIDS Memorial|access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref>

==Filmography: Music videos for Morrissey== * ''Suedehead'' (1988) * ''Everyday Is Like Sunday'' (1988) * ''The Last of the Famous International Playboys'' (1989) * ''Interesting Drug'' (1989) * ''Ouija Board, Ouija Board'' (1989) * ''November Spawned a Monster'' (1990) * ''Sing Your Life'' (1990) * ''Pregnant for the Last Time'' (1991) * ''My Love Life'' (1991) * ''We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful'' (1992) * ''You're the One for Me, Fatty'' (1992)

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