A film journalist since 1991, Tim Lammers has done more than 2,000 interviews with major actors, including Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Julie Andrews, Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock, Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, Halle Berry, Sally Field, Charlize Theron, Keira Knightley, Nicolas Cage, Natalie Portman, Helen Mirren, Andrew Garfield, James Spader, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Jane Seymour, Angela Bassett, Patrick Wilson, Joan Allen, Viggo Mortensen, Kevin Bacon, Anthony Mackie, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Hardy, Amy Adams, Kathy Bates, Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Alicia Vikander, Henry Cavill, Chris Evans, Jane Fonda, Regina King, Allison Janney, Alfre Woodard, Levar Burton, Emily Blunt, Rosario Dawson, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Duvall and Matthew McConaughey.
Tim has also interviewed Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Salma Hayek, Rachel Brosnahan, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Ursula Corbero, Kate Hudson, Christian Slater, Henry Golding, Samara Weaving, Rene Russo, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, James Garner, Jeff Daniels, Gil Birmingham, Mark Strong, Rebecca Romijn, Bobby Cannavale, Gerard Butler, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Emma Watson, Alan Arkin, Ed Asner, Michael Caine, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Cuba Gooding Jr., Julie Newmar, Nia Vardalos, Ben Stiller, Kathryn Hahn, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart, Steve Agee, Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma, Danielle Brooks, Dee Bradley Baker, Eva Green, Nathalie Emmanuel, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Dave Bautista, Sebastian Stan, Michael Rooker, Daisy Ridley, Shirley Jones, Alan Alda, Idris Elba, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Mark Hamill, Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Wiig, Carrie Fisher, Zoe Saldana, Tom Hiddleston, George Clooney, Michael Gambon, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Bruce Campbell, Paul Giamatti, Steve Zahn, Sienna Miller, Tobey Maguire, Debra Jo Rupp, Elijah Wood, Cheech Marin, Chris Hemsworth, Diane Ladd, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, Martin Landau, Robin Wright, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Bill Paxton, John Ratzenberger, Ming-Na Wen, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Asner, Aaron Eckhart, Steve Buscemi, Paul Walter Hauser, Djimon Honsou, Lee Pace, Mila Kunis, Michelle Monaghan, Omari Hardwick, Emmy Rossum, Lucy Lawless, Ted Raimi, Dana DeLorenzo, Matthias Schweighofer, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Tracy Letts, Jason Segel, DeVaughn Nixon, Edwin Hodge, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Hayley Atwell, Don Cheadle, Steve Carell, Elizabeth Henstridge, Kunal Nayyar, Jessica Alba, Billy Bob Thornton, Keri Russell, Virginia Madsen, Rob Riggle, Timothy Dalton, Adam Sandler, Kevin Kline, Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Anthony Carrigan, Lil’ Rel Howery, Rene Russo, Lily Tomlin, Paige O’Hara, Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves, Oscar Isaac, John C. Reilly, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Val Kilmer and Alan Rickman.
Tim has also interviewed several acclaimed filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Burton, James Cameron, Mel Gibson, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, Baz Luhrmann, James Mangold, Robert Zemeckis, Ridley Scott, Kenneth Branagh, Rob Reiner, Gore Verbinski, John Landis, Zack Snyder, Denise DiNovi, Catherine Hardwicke, Marc Forster, Lawrence Kasdan, Jake Kasdan, Matt Reeves, Rian Johnson, Taika Waititi, Alfonso Cuaron, Cameron Crowe, David Chase, Guillermo del Toro, Bill Condon, Ang Lee, Edgar Wright, Christopher McQuarrie, Pete Docter, Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Rob Moore, Phil Johnston, Travis Knight, Henry Selick, Nick Park, Chris Butler, Tim Hill, Rob Marshall, Joel Schumacher, Damon Lindelof, Ray Harryhausen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Logan, Craig Gillespie, Rick Baker, Joe and Anthony Russo, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis, Tate Taylor, Rob Tapert, Steve Zaillian, John Singleton, Matt Groening, Stephen Sommers, Peter Berg, John August, Adrian Lyne, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jay Roach, Milos Forman, Julie Taymor, Allison Abbate, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Randall Wallace, Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeeley, Caroline Thompson, Shane Black, Wes Craven, Pat Proft, Eli Roth, Rob Tapert, George A. Romero, Robert Towne, Richard Zanuck and Sydney Pollack.
Tim interviews film icon Harvey Keitel.
Tim has also interviewed such noted film composers as Alan Menken, T. Bone Burnett, Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer and John Kander & Fred Ebb; as well as several acclaimed singers, musicians and songwriters, including Linda Ronstadt, Peter Cetera, Sheryl Crow, Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet, Debbie Gibson, Merry Clayton, Wilson Pickett, Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, Vonda Shepard, Olivia Newton-John and Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
Tim is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and annually votes on the Critics Choice Movie Awards. He reviews films weekly on “The Tom Barnard Show” (streaming, Hubbard Broadcasting) and the “Adam and Jordana” show (WCCO-AM) in Minneapolis-St. Paul, as well as “It Matters with Kelly Cordes” on WJON-AM and 103.7-FM The Loon, both in St. Cloud.
He is also a weekly guest on the podcasts “The Tom Barnard Show” and “The BS Show” (with Bob Sansevere). Previously, Tim made hundreds of appearances to talk about films on “The KQ Morning Show” on KQRS-FM, and “KARE 11 News at 11” on KARE-TV in Minneapolis.
As a syndicated entertainment writer, Tim’s work has been carried on dozens of TV network affiliate websites across the U.S. by Nexstar Digital. Tim’s interview features have also appeared on such sites as Esquire.com, Looper.com Entertainment and D23.com; quotes from his interviews with Tim Burton, Sam Raimi and Baz Luhrmann have been featured in books, and his interview with “Avatar” director James Cameron was quoted in TIME Magazine in 2009. In addition, Tim was commissioned by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2015 to write a retrospective piece based on his interviews with director Christopher Nolan when the filmmaker was honored with a retrospective film series of his work.
Tim with Jordana Green and Paul Douglas on WCCO-AM’s “Paul and Jordana” at the Minnesota State Fair.
Tim’s magazine work includes a feature spotlighting his interviews with Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, screenwriter Ehren Kruger, and producers Derek Frey, Katterli Frauenfelder and Justin Springer about the live-action version of “Dumbo” for Disney twenty-three magazine in 2019.
Tim reviews movies on “The Tom Barnard Show.”
In addition to his movie reporting, Tim has also authored the eBook “Direct Conversations: The Animated Films of Tim Burton,” which includes a foreword by Tim Burton. “Direct Conversations” features several interviews Tim has conducted in conjunction with Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated films over the years. Read more about the “Direct Conversations” eBook here.
Tim with anchor Adrienne Broaddus on KARE-TV (NBC) in Minneapolis.
