Comedy format creation appears to be in his creative DNA, most likely due to his English upbringing watching the best in British comedy and panel shows. He remains obsessed.

Fornara also has a strong background as a director, editor and writer. He has recently created, directed and edited critically acclaimed music videos for bands such as NYC’s indie rock darling Valley Lodge’s hit Go, which is the theme for John Oliver’s HBO show Last Week Tonight.

Because of his captivating filmic and documentary production style, Fornara has also been called upon to direct, edit and produce digital content and series for several high-end brands including Tresseme and Suave. During the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 Tim worked along side soccer legend Pelé to create and produce a critically acclaimed digital documentary series Finding Pele as part of his sports brand launch campaign. He recently wrote and directed never-before-seen doc pieces for National Geographic Channel’s breakthrough special Brain Surgery LIVE.

As a producer/writer Tim has worked on several other series including MTV’s Middle of the Night Show and Failosophy, Nat Geo’s Duck Quacks Don’t Echo, NBC’s comedy special What We Wasted Our Year On, as well as pilots for BBCAmerica, Oxygen, truTV, and the UK’s Sky1, and Film24.

Fornara got his start in London at an early age hosting and producing his own show for Channel 5, The Great British Quiz, and then won a commissions to host and produce Film24’s Xtra series, which covered films and film festivals. Prior to that he was in European Boy Band World’s Apart. Look it up. Go ahead. Get It out of your system.