Tim Staffell
Birth Name:
Tim Staffel
Birth Place:
Isleworth, West London, England
Profession
Soundtrack, Special effects, Visual effects, Music department
Fast Facts
- Attended the Ealing College of Art, where he met Freddie Mercury in a graphic arts course
- Met Brain May while he was a student at Hampton School, where they formed the blues rock band 1984, playing as a support act for Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd
- Formed the band Smile with Brian May and Roger Taylor, co-writing the song "Doin' Alright," but later left to join the band Humpy Bong
- After playing with a number of bands in the UK, America, and Italy, he turned his attention to the arts, working as a model maker, animator, and commercial director
- Worked as Director of Film at The Red Balloon Film Company and Oxford Scientific Films
- Best known as a visual artist, model maker, and former member of the rock band Smile, which would eventually become Queen
- Has created models for the TV series "Doctor Who," "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends․"
- Reunited with Brian May and Roger Taylor at a reunion concert in 1992, which was the first time he had played with them since leaving Smile