Biography

Tim Prokop started his television career straight out of college as an in-house scriptwriter and storyliner for the top-rated Australian drama series Sons & Daughters. After two years in the writer's room he moved to the hit dating series Perfect Match and was promoted to Head Writer.

On returning to his birthplace in the United States, Tim connected with the visual effects artists at Showscan and designed and scripted theme park attractions for Showscan, Universal Studios, Art & Technology and Six Flags' (including the Space Shuttle America simulator ride). After a 2 year foray into video game design on a US & Japanese co-production, Tim returned to TV with GRB Studios. He wrote and produced the Discovery series Movie Magic, the AMC series Cinema Secrets, and dozens of feature documentaries, formats, clip shows, docuseries and reality shows under the tutelage of Gary Benz. In his spare time, he continued his love of film by picking the brains of the best in the business while writing and producing behind-the-scenes features and making-of-documentaries for major films such as Lord of the Rings, Gone in Sixty Seconds, the Hours, Shanghai Noon and many of Jerry Bruckheimer's films.

By creating and then writing, directing and producing hit series Tim became a well-respected show-runner and development executive. Among his produced series, Forecast Earth launched a franchise for GRB, Weather and NOAA, Untold Stories of the ER became a hit for TLC, Deadliest Warrior became the number one non-sports series to ever air on Spike (now Paramount+), and FantomWorks became the number one series on Motor Trend in its second season. Prokop has over 15 years of experience working for multiple Reelscreen Top 100 production companies, and his shows, series and videos have appeared on TNT, Discovery, History, TLC, Weather, Travel, National Geographic, Spike, .AMC, Disney, Network 10 Australia and Network 7 Australia.

A writer first, Tim is a constant innovator who combines his love for storytelling with his love for science and technology.

- IMDb mini biography by: Tim Prokop