Tim Gunn Biography
Tim Gunn is an author, actor, and television personality from the United States. He serves as an executive producer and mentor on the reality show Project Runway. In the Disney Junior television show Sofia the First, he also provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward. Gunn’s popularity spawned two spin-off shows, Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style on Bravo and Under the Gunn on Lifetime, as well as five books.
How old is Tim Gunn? – Age
He is 68 years old as of 2021. He was born on 29 July 1953 in Washington, D.C., United States. His real name is Timothy MacKenzie Gunn.
Does Tim Gunn have siblings? – Family – Education
His father worked for the FBI, initially as an agent but later as a ghostwriter and speechwriter for J. Edgar Hoover. Gunn earned a BFA in sculpture from the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Is Tim Gunn married to Heidi Klum? – Partner
Gunn stated in a 2006 interview with Instinct that he had not been in a relationship since the early 1980s, following the abrupt end of a six-year relationship when his boyfriend cheated on him and that he still loves his former partner, though they are no longer in contact. He admitted that he has “always been kind of asexual.” Gunn discussed his celibacy in 2012.
Gunn, who is gay, grew up in a homophobic household where homosexuals were regarded as predators. Gunn attempted suicide at the age of 17 by swallowing over 100 pills, according to a video he made for the It Gets Better Project. He denied his sexual orientation until his early twenties and did not reveal it to his family until he was 29 years old when he came out to his sister.
Tim Gunn Salary
Gunn was not compensated for Season 1 of ‘Project Runway.’ According to the New York Daily News, when NBC/Universal and the Weinstein Company went to court in 2008, it was revealed that Gunn was not paid at all for his role on the first season of the show. Things improved a little after that season. Gunn began earning $2,500 per episode in season 2, which is still a pittance when compared to what other stars are paid for similar roles. Klum, who also hosted the show, earned “perhaps $1.3 million a year as host and $350,000 as executive producer” in 2008.
What is Tim Gunns Net Worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $18 Million.
Does Tim Gunn have a skin Disease?
For Project Runway Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, Gunn collaborated with Amgen and Wyeth to launch Addressing Psoriasis, an awareness campaign designed to help people with plaque psoriasis get more information about managing their disease and feel more confident in their everyday style. Susan C. Taylor, MD, and Gunn are collaborating to encourage people with plaque psoriasis to see a dermatologist and take the first step toward managing their condition.
Tim Gunn Career – CNN
After working as Corcoran’s director of admissions, Gunn joined Parsons in 1982, served as associate dean from 1989 to 2000, and was appointed chair of the Fashion Design Department in August 2000. He is credited with “retooling and revitalizing the curriculum for the twenty-first century.”
Gunn first appeared on Project Runway in 2004, during its first season, and is best known for his catchphrase “Make it work.” Gunn won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host of a Reality Or Reality-Competition Program in 2013. Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, a reality show in which Gunn gives fashion advice, premiered on the Bravo television network in September 2007. This show aired 16 episodes over the course of two seasons.
Gunn then hosted a single 13–episode season of Lifetime’s Under the Gunn beginning in January 2014. Gunn is a Project Runway: Junior executive producer. He also serves as a mentor to the teen designers. Gunn also appeared in two episodes of ABC’s Ugly Betty in February 2007 as a reporter for the fictional Fashion TV, and later guest-starred as himself on Drop Dead Diva in August 2009. Gunn left Parsons in 2007 and became the company’s chief creative officer in March of that year.
Gunn’s book A Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style, co-written with Kate Moloney and published by Abrams Image Publishers in April 2007, cover photo by Markus Klinko & Indrani. While on tour in Palm Springs, California, the nearby city of Palm Desert declared April 27, 2007 Timothy M. Gunn Day. In recognition of his career achievements, he was also given a certificate by the city of Palm Springs and a plaque by the nearby city of Rancho Mirage. Gunn published four more books between 2010 and 2015.
Gunn was the commencement speaker at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in May 2009, and he received an honorary doctorate from the school. He appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’s “Dear Aquaman” segments on a sporadic basis, assisting or standing in for Aquaman (Ferguson), answering letters and dispensing advice. On several episodes of How I Met Your Mother, he appeared as Barney’s personal tailor. Gunn appeared as himself in “Easy J,” the sixth episode of the CW’s fourth season of Gossip Girl.
On September 7, 2018, it was announced that Gunn and Heidi Klum would not be returning to Project Runway for a 17th season on Bravo because they both signed a deal to host a fashion competition show titled Making the Cut on Amazon Video. Making the Cut’s second season premiered in the summer of 2021.