Timothy Cherry: 2025 Alumni of Distinction
Tim Cherry is an award-winning producer, writer, director and podcast host.
The 1986 Television and Communications Media graduate has spent much of his career working in the Canadian television sphere, often collaborating with his father, the legendary hockey commentator and television personality, Don Cherry.
Tim was a screenwriter and executive producer on the CBC mini-series Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story in 2010, which was nominated for a Gemini Award for best screenwriter in a dramatic production, and Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II in 2012, which was nominated for a Gemini for best mini-series.
He was co-creator, executive producer and writer on 30 volumes of Don Cherry's Rock'em Sock'em Hockey, a series of hockey highlight videos released between 1989 and 2018. Each video featured NHL plays, goals, saves, bloopers, and hits, typically focusing on the preceding NHL season.
Outside of hockey, Tim was a writer and executive producer of Big City Fishing, airing on the World Fishing Network, as well as magazine shows Canada Golf Today, and Scores Golf World.
Tim has produced three Olympic Games for CTV. He was a chyron producer (broadcast graphics and real-time data visualizations for live television) for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, a hockey associate producer at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, and a field hockey replay associate producer at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games.
Since November 2019, Tim has served as producer of Don Cherry's Grapevine podcast, which was voted by Apple as the biggest new podcast in Canada for 2020. The podcast has been a family affair, including Don and Tim, Tim’s late sister Cindy and Don’s grandson Del. The family has now produced close to 300 episodes recorded in Tim’s home.
Hear from Tim as he shares his college experience and career journey: Watch the video on YouTube.
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