Bruce Timm

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1961 age 0

   Born

2. 1993 age 32

   CreditBatman: Mask of the Phantasmdirector

3. 2000 age 39

   CreditBatman Beyond: Return of the Jokerproducer

4. 2007 age 46

   CreditSuperman: Doomsdaydirector

   CreditSuperman: Doomsdayproducer

   CreditSuperman: Doomsdayscreenwriter

5. 2008 age 47

   CreditBatman: Gotham Knightdirector

   CreditBatman: Gotham Knightexecutive producer

   CreditBatman: Gotham Knightproducer

   CreditBatman: Gotham Knightscreenwriter

6. 2009 age 48

   CreditSuperman/Batman: Public Enemiesproducer

7. 2010 age 49

   CreditBatman: Under the Red Hoodproducer

8. 2012 age 51

   CreditBatman: The Dark Knight Returnsproducer

9. 2016 age 55

   CreditBatman: The Killing Jokeexecutive producer

   CreditBatman: The Killing Jokeproducer

• BMBenjamin Melniker7 titles
• MUMichael Uslan7 titles
• ABAlan Burnett6 titles
• BKBob Kane4 titles
• CDChristopher Drake3 titles
• PDPaul Dini2 titles
• KCKristopher Carter2 titles
• SLSam Liu2 titles
• BABrian Azzarello2 titles
• BVBrandon Vietti2 titles

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  Photo:Jere Keys from New York City, USACC BY 2.0

• My first exposure to Batman as a character was Batman the TV series. But honestly, I didn’t know it was supposed to be a parody or campy. I thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. Of course, I was 5 at the time. But all in one fell swoop, I became an instant super hero fan. Later on, as I got older and started reading more comics and getting into the super hero scene, I realized that the Batman show was kind of a comedy. I was reading Neal Adams comics and thinking, "Batman is kind of cooler than that show, he’s kind of scary and mysterious." So my perception of Batman changed over time, and then I went through the periods with Frank Miller and the Tim Burton movies. So now I’ve got these warring Batmans in my head. I still love the Adam West/Batman show. I still love the Neal Adams take on Batman comics. I still love The Dark Knight. All of these things totally contradict each other, and yet it’s fine to me. I’ve said it over and over again, Batman as a character is such a str

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• I wish I had the answer to that, because if I knew how to create an instantly popular character like that, I would do more of them. It’s weird to me because, on one hand, she’s appealing, but you look at her and she’s not exactly a good role model for girls. And in the past, we have definitely explored some of the darker edges of her story. She was kind of in an on-going abusive relationship with the Joker. So it is weird but maybe a lot of her appeal, at least recently, is because they have separated her from the Joker in comics. She’s become her own standalone character and definitely not in an abusive relationship with the Joker anymore. I guess that is somewhat empowering and people can relate to it. But truthfully, she was a really, really popular character even before all this. I think part of it is probably, to pat my own back, design. She was a really simple basic character in red and black, cute face, cute figure, one and done. So that definitely has to be a part of it.

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• I love all the series I’ve done pretty much equally.I haven’t done a single series that I have been embarrassed by. Some of the movies are better than others.

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