TIM BARNES

WRITER / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

Management: Carly Hoogendyk | carly@omnipop.com | Omnipop Talent Group

SELECTED CREATIVE WORK

JUDGE TRAVIS | Ninth Planet Audio | 2026
Creator / Director / Showrunner
2026 Signal Award Finalist, Best Writing and Scripted Fiction
2026 Tribeca Festival Creators Market, Audio Storyteller
Scripted comedy series

WGA EAST AWARDS | 2026
Writer
78th Writers Guild Awards, hosted by Roy Wood Jr.

MAURICE ON MARS | Comedy Central | 2022
Creator / Writer / Director
Three-part animated comedy series

WARPED! | Nickelodeon | 2021
Staff Writer
Multi-camera sitcom

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON | NBC | 2020–2021
Staff Writer
Late-night / variety

ALL THAT | Nickelodeon | 2019–2020
Staff Writer
Sketch comedy

SELECTED AUDIO & PRODUCTION

YOU ARE THE GENRE | 2024–Present
Creator / Host

SCIENCE SOLVED IT | VICE Media
Coordinating Podcast Producer
Webby-nominated series

POLITICALLY RE-ACTIVE | First Look Media
Producer

KONDABOLU BROTHERS | Earwolf
Producer

WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS | HBO
Web Producer, Season 1

SELECTED PRESS

Deadline | 2026
Coverage of JUDGE TRAVIS and its launch.

Vulture | 2024
Featured Chemistry Test, by Tim Barnes, Jim Fagan, and Andrew Sanford, among its comedy selections.

TheWrap | 2023
Barnes joins a roundtable on diversity and representation in late-night television.

Vulture | 2020
Follow Friday interview with Tim Barnes.

The Guardian | 2020
Featured Barnes’s Tonight Show segment on awkward “checking in” messages during the 2020 racial justice protests.

Vulture | 2015
“Tim Barnes Finds His Voice.”

Chicago Magazine | 2014
Named Barnes one of the “16 Chicago Comics You Should Check Out This Fall.”

Chicago Tribune
“a smooth wordsmith who is sharp, polished and confident.”

SELECTED RECOGNITION

Tribeca Festival | 2026
JUDGE TRAVIS selected for the Tribeca Creators Market as part of its Audio Storytellers program.

PRAISE FOR JUDGE TRAVIS

Roy Wood Jr.
“Tim Barnes continues to be on the cutting edge of comedy and satire and taking things that we might not think about twice and giving them layers and depth. Judge Travis continues that trend.”

Ziwe
“Some of my favorite comedians! Listen!”

Daniel Kibblesmith
“Relentlessly funny. Like Judge Judy meets Arrested Development. This might be the best joke writing not on TV.”

Paul Scheer
“Some of the funniest people are making the best show for your ears. Put it into your podcast rotation.”