Tim Sullivan
Director, Author and Screenwriter: ‘Letters to Juliet’, ‘My Little Pony’ and the DS Cross Thriller Series
Tim Sullivan is a screenwriter, film and TV director and author. He wrote and directed Jack and Sarah with Richard E. Grant, Judi Dench and Ian McKellan. He directed The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Thatcher The Final Days, the last 90 minute episode of Cold Feet and Coronation Street. His scripts include Letters to Juliet with Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave. He co-wrote A Handful of Dust, Where Angels Fear to Tread and more recently My Little Pony: A New Generation which shot to the number one movie slot worldwide on Netflix in its first week of release.
He is now the author of a series of crime novels which are gripping, clever and twisty, yet also touching and funny, featuring a brilliant detective DS George Cross who has Autism Spectrum Condition. It has been hailed as the best detective series since Sherlock Holmes. His latest novel in the series, The Teacher, is out now.
Tim discusses the joys and woes of writing for Hollywood, his writing process, advice for aspiring writers and the surprising way he plots his novels.
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