TIM DRY
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 'CONTINUUM - The Star Wars Phenomenon As Experienced From The Inside' by TIM DRY'
- ginger nuts of horror
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | multi media artist |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | English writer,mime, musician, photographic artist and actor Tim Dry was featured as ‘J’Quille – Whiphid’ and a ‘Mon Calamari Officer’ in Star Wars Episode VI “Return Of The Jedi”. Tim also played The Monster in the 1982 cult horror/sci movie Xtro. He has been featured in over 90 TV Commercials in the UK, USA and Europe.Tim is also an accomplished musician and has had chart success with his mime/music duo Tik and Tok back in the 1980s. In the 1990s he wrote poetic techno pop music with composer Georg Kajanus under the name Noir, and they also presented the Channel 4 food and drink series Feast.Tim has also released 2 volumes of memoirs - Falling Upwards - Scenes From A Life 2005 and Continuum 2012 - a recounting of being a credited performer in one of the biggest grossing movies of all time and of his subsequent appearances at worldwide autograph conventions 20+ years later. Tim is also an award-winning photographic artist, whose work has been exhibited in London (The National Portrait Gallery and Gallery 286) and in Hamburg, Berlin and New York. His subjects have included Mick Jagger, Joan Collins, Steven Berkoff and The Mediaeval Baebes. |
| Interests | Art, horror, the occult, photography, nature, cats, parallel universes, books, music, humour, creativity, travel, time travel, wine, sex, history. |
| Favorite Movies | Performance, Night Of The Hunter, Expresso Bongo, Deconstructing Harry, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Sweet Smell Of Success, American Beauty, Beat Girl, Singin' In The Rain, The Idol, Black Narcissus, Leon, Dead Of Night, Memento, The Leather Boys, A Matter Of Life And Death, Amelie, Frenzy, The Grudge, Cul De Sac, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Triumph Of The Will, Clockwork Orange, Don't Look Now, Laura, The Descent, Peeping Tom, Ben Hur, Star Wars IV -VI, Pulp Fiction, Withnail and I, LA Confidential, Get Shorty, Gladiator, Lost In Translation, T2, Aliens, Kill Bill 1&2, Spinal Tap, From Dusk Till Dawn, 9th Gate, Repulsion, Blow Up, Blade Runner, Bourne Identity, Crash, Wings Of Desire, Blue Velvet, To Catch A Thief, Vertigo, and many, many more.. |
| Favorite Music | TIMANDMO, Yonderboi, The Fabs, all 70s Bowie, Roy Orbison, Pink, Nina Hagen, Gary Numan, Todd Rundgren, YMO, kd lang, Serge Gainsbourg, young Elvis, Bauhaus, Scott Walker, XTC, Sol Seppy, Tik & Tok 07, Noir, Chet Baker, William Orbit, Lisa Gerrard, Steely Dan, Natacha Atlas, Small Faces, Beaver and Krause, Marc Almond, Grace Jones, Gong, Eat Static, Van Halen (with Mr Roth), Kraftwerk, Goldfrapp, Brian Eno, Georg Kajanus, early Kate Bush, The Kinks, Mono, early Prince, Madonna, Roxy Music (1st 2 albums, ) The Doors, early Talking Heads, Makyo, It's A Beautiful Day, DAF, All Saints, FSOL, Jimi Hendrix, Vangelis, Joni Mitchell, Craig Armstrong, Stevie Wonder (FFF & Innervisions) and a whole load more. |
| Favorite Books | Too many to mention! But am currently reading Barbie Wilde's first novel 'The Venus Complex' amongst others. |