Director Biography - Carl Timms


Carl Timms is a director and producer who made his narrative directing debut in 2017, writing and directing the award-winning horror short STILL, becoming a smash 4 million view YouTube hit. STILL also gained an Amazon Prime release as part of the Blood Clots anthology and TV airings in the US. In 2017 he formed Dark Matter FIlms with writer, Mark Brendan, where they are developing a slate of projects. OFF GRID marks their first release together and Carl's second narrative short. Starring James Cosmo and Alison Steadman, the film was released to festivals at the end of 2019.

Carl works as an Executive Producer at international communications agency DRPG . With 20 years of production experience, he has also directed and produced a WW2 documentary and a series of extreme sports documentaries and music videos.

Director Statement

Off Grid is a film about mental illness brought on by the pressures of the world and the isolation of the protaganists and how a loving relationship built over decades can be jeaporidised in a simple moment of misunderstanding; yet it is also a post-apocalyptic genre thriller designed from the opening chaotic scenes to hoodwink the audience into thinking they are watching a standard genre piece. The powerful twist at the end is designed to pull the rug out from under the whole film, making the viewer question everything they saw. This makes Off Grid rewatchable and bold in its attempt to pull a Sixth Sense style game changing twist in just 20min.