Timothy Sniffen

Tim Sniffen entered Hampshire in F87. He studied writing and animation with Ray Coppinger, Lynne Hanley, Elinor Lipman and Nancy Lowry while drawing a comic strip, Tangelo Pie, for the Hampshire student newspaper [The Permanent Press] and the UMass student newspaper [The Collegian]. He spent Spring of 1991 in Orlando doing an internship with the Disney College Program.

After graduating from Hampshire in January 1992 he interned for BuzzCo Associates, an animation studio in Manhattan. In 1995 Tim began work as an animator with Berkeley Systems, a software studio in Berkeley, CA known for their screen savers, including the flying toaster. After this he worked for Jellyvison, a game studio in Chicago, on the CD-ROM title 'You Don't Know Jack'.

In 2001 Tim began performing with Baby Wants Candy, a Chicago improv troupe. From 2003 - 2006 Tim worked as an actor and writer for the Boom Chicago comedy theater in Amsterdam. Beginning in 2006 Tim began working as an actor and writer for The Second City comedy theater in Chicago.

Presently Tim continues acting and writing for The Second City and working as an animator for Jellyvision.