{{short description|American television and film producer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox person |name=Timothy Marx |birth_date= |birth_place=United States |occupation=Film producer, television producer }}
'''Timothy Marx''' is an American television and film producer.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; A Soviet Serial Murderer|first=John J.|last=O'Connor|date=February 25, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/25/arts/television-review-a-soviet-serial-murderer.html}}</ref> His credits include productions with Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, Al Pacino, Penn & Teller, Garry Trudeau, Arthur Penn, and Bill Moyers.
==Early career== Early in his career Marx was a producer for the PBS series ''American Playhouse'', where he produced 8 independent movies or miniseries, including the Sundance grand prize winner ''Smooth Talk'' (associate producer),<ref>[https://archive.today/20120710063116/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/45306/Smooth-Talk/details Smooth Talk]</ref> Sam Shepard's ''True West'' with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise (line producer), Pete Gurney's ''The Dining Room'', the mini-series ''Roanoak'', Isaac Bashevis Singer's ''The Cafeteria'', Carol Bly's ''Rachel River'', and Richard Nelson's ''Sensibility and Sense''.
==Film and television productions== Marx produced the hit CBS series ''Young Sheldon'' for Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros television. In its first three seasons it was CBS' top rated comedy. In previous series television he produced the HBO series ''Entourage'' and executive produced and directed the comedy ''Arliss''. He also produced ''Baby Daddy'', ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' for ABC Family, ''Invasion'' for ABC, ''Justice'' and ''Likely Suspects'' for Fox and the pilot episodes of ''Enlightened'' (HBO), ''The Captain'' (CBS) and ''Related'' (ABC), among others. Marx also produced the HBO movie ''Citizen X'' which won the CableAce award for Best Picture and received PGA Best Picture, 7 Emmy, and 2 Golden Globe nominations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Citizen X|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/25/arts/television-review-a-soviet-serial-murderer.html|newspaper=NY Times|date=February 25, 1995}}</ref> His comedy feature film credits include ''Passed Away'', ''Penn & Teller Get Killed'', ''Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy'' and the television comedy specials ''Garry Trudeau's Rap Master Ronnie'' and ''Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread''. Other credits include Al Pacino's independent project ''The Local Stigmatic'', Richard Benjamin's TNT version of ''Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl''<ref>[http://www.tnt.tv/movies/movietitle/?oid=5156 The Goodbye Girl]</ref> and ''Deep Red'', the premiere movie for the FX channel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep Red |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/deep-red/cast/2030280499/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Non-fiction production== In non-fiction, Marx directed and produced ''Bluetopia: The LA Dodgers Movie'', which portrayed the unique bond the team has with the ethnically diverse population of Los Angeles.<ref name="Blutopia Dodgers Movie">{{cite web|title=Blutopia Dodgers Movie|url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090410&content_id=4209162&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233108/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090410&content_id=4209162&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref> Marx produced the IMAX movie for the US World's Fair Pavilion in Knoxville, Tennessee and numerous documentaries, including the American Masters portrait of Helen Hayes.<ref name="Helen Hayes">{{cite news|title=Helen Hayes review|isbn = 9780824037963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxHbPxbBM1AC&dq=timothy+marx+productions&pg=PP144|author1 = Prouty|date = March 1994}}</ref> He has worked on political campaign journals with Bill Moyers and numerous presidential and senatorial candidates.
==Affiliations== Marx is an adjunct professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts.<ref name=USC-SCA>{{cite web|last=USC – SCA|title=USC|url=http://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=30137&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=%2Fproduction%2Ffaculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=61}}</ref>
==Personal life== Timothy Marx lives in Los Angeles with his wife Nan Simons Marx and their two children Sophie and Benjamin.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==Filmography== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=November 2024}}
===Series and television movies=== *Baby Daddy - ABC Family *Bunheads – ABC Family *The Nine Lives of Chloe King – ABC Family *The Wedding Band – TBS *Enlightened – HBO *RPM – TNT *The Captain – CBS *Justice – Fox *Invasion – ABC *Related – WB *Expeditions to the Edge – NatGeo *Entourage – HBO *The Goodbye Girl –TNT *Better Days – ABC *Arli$$ – HBO *Come on Get Happy – ABC *Likely Suspects – Fox *Radiant City – ABC *Two Mothers – ABC *Citizen X – HBO *Gemini Man – ABC *Haunting of Sea Cliff Inn – USA *Deep Red – USA *Precious Victims – CBS *Those Secrets – ABC *Helen Hayes – American Masters *Sensibility & Sense – American Playhouse *Deadline – Fox *Steel Magnolias – CBS *Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket – American Playhouse *Roanoak – American Playhouse *True West – American Playhouse
===Feature films=== *Bluetopia: The LA Dodgers Movie *Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy – Goldwyn *Passed Away – Hollywood Pictures *The Local Stigmatic – Independent Dir: Al Pacino *Penn & Teller Get Killed – Warner Bros. Dir: Arthur Penn *Rachel River – American Playhouse *Smooth Talk – American Playhouse * Grand Prize, Sundance Film Festival
===Comedy specials=== *Reno in Rage & Rehab – HBO *Garry Trudeau's Rap master Ronnie – HBO *Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread – Showtime
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0555684}} *[http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?view=TVCredits&person_id=3266185 Baseline.com]
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