Born 1985 in Itzehoe, Germany, he studied at the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark, then at Filmakademie BW in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Timm’s first feature and graduation film, ‘The Council of Birds’, premiered in Venice in 2014 at the Settimana della Critica and was followed by two collaborations as cinematographer with Sandra Wollner (‘The Trouble with Being Born’, ‘The Impossible Picture’). Since 2018, he is part of The Barricades, a production company in Berlin together with Viktoria Stolpe. ‘The Universal Theory’ is his debut feature as a writer and director and premiered in competition at the Venice Biennale.