# Tim Broad

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{{Short description|British music video director (1955–1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tim Broad
| birth_date         = 1955
| death_date         = 1993 (38 years old)
| birth_place        = United Kingdom
| occupation         = [Music video director](/source/Music_video_director)
| years_active       = 1988-1993
}}
'''Tim Broad''' (1955–1993) was a British [music video director](/source/music_video_director), best known for his work with the singer [Morrissey](/source/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](/source/The_Smiths)' songs "[Girlfriend in a Coma](/source/Girlfriend_in_a_Coma_(song))" and "[Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before](/source/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](/source/Hulmerist).

He also directed the videos for the [Mike + The Mechanics](/source/Mike_%2B_The_Mechanics)' songs "[The Living Years](/source/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](/source/Marc_Almond)'s "Tears Run Rings" and several songs by [The Jesus and Mary Chain](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Suedehead)'' (1988)
* ''[Everyday Is Like Sunday](/source/Everyday_Is_Like_Sunday)'' (1988)
* ''[The Last of the Famous International Playboys](/source/The_Last_of_the_Famous_International_Playboys)'' (1989)
* ''[Interesting Drug](/source/Interesting_Drug)'' (1989)
* ''[Ouija Board, Ouija Board](/source/Ouija_Board%2C_Ouija_Board)'' (1989)
* ''[November Spawned a Monster](/source/November_Spawned_a_Monster)'' (1990)
* ''[Sing Your Life](/source/Sing_Your_Life)'' (1990)
* ''[Pregnant for the Last Time](/source/Pregnant_for_the_Last_Time)'' (1991)
* ''[My Love Life](/source/My_Love_Life)'' (1991)
* ''[We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful](/source/We_Hate_It_When_Our_Friends_Become_Successful)'' (1992)
* ''[You're the One for Me, Fatty](/source/You're_the_One_for_Me%2C_Fatty)'' (1992)

== References ==
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== External links ==

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