Tim Federle, Emmy-nominated writer/director/producer.

Tim Federle is an Emmy and DGA-nominated writer, director, and producer.

He created and served as showrunner for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney+, which earned fourteen Emmy nominations and a Television Critics’ Association Award nomination. His new show for Disney+, Coven Academy, premieres later this year. Federle created the series and directed the pilot.

This spring, the sold-out stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman opens in England, with music by Pasek & Paul, direction by Casey Nicholaw, and a book by Federle.

He wrote and directed Better Nate Than Ever for Disney+, earning Emmy and DGA nominations. Federle won the Humanitas Prize for co-writing Ferdinand, which was nominated for the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.

On Broadway, he co-wrote the libretto for Tuck Everlasting and danced in the original casts of Gypsy and The Little Mermaid.

His debut novel, Better Nate Than Ever, won the Lambda Literary Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book. His non-fiction book Tequila Mockingbird is the best-selling cocktail recipe book of all time.

Tim’s production company, Chorus Boy, is under a multi-year overall deal with Disney TV, where they produce the live-action Vampirina series and the forthcoming Jonas Bros. movie Camp Rock 3. Bronwyn North-Reist is Head of Creative; Jennie Frisbie is Creative Consultant.