Tim Loane is a writer, director, lecturer and actor. Loane created the TV series ''

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'' for

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and was the lead writer for the first season. He was nominated at the

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for

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for the film ''

Dance Lexie Dance ''Dance Lexie Dance'' is a 1996 short film made in Northern Ireland. The two principal characters are a widower, Lexie, and his daughter, Laura, who live in Derry. Laura becomes keen on Irish stepdance and on joining Riverdance when she grows up. T ...

''. Loane was educated at

Methodist College Belfast God with us , established = 1865 , type = Voluntary grammar , religion = Interdenominational , principal = Jenny Lendrum , chair_label = Chairwoman , chair = Revd. Dr Janet Unsworth , founder ...

and

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

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* British male screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Methodist College Belfast {{screen-writer-stub