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Tim Labonte began making movies in elementary school until he became serious about the work in eleventh grade, deciding making films is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Building up his editing techniques and continuing to work on projects and films, he won the Video Production Senior Award for graduation for his work throughout his senior year of high school.

Before entering Rhode Island College for a BA in Film Studies he worked on Christian de Rezendes' Getting Out of Rhode Island DVD release featurette "One Year, Seven Months and Twenty-Four Days Later." During the same time he finished his short films Behind the Music: Skittel, a VH1 Behind The Music documentary parody, and the religious dark comedy Next Time Better, which soon became an Official Selection for the 2004 Trigger Street Film Festival.

Throughout college, Tim took on projects completing 3 more short films, editing and designing a compilation by request for the Rhode Island College Bannister Gallery's exhibit for the 1920's French Avant Garde cinema movement. He was hired by Northeastern University to create an informational film for the 2005 Institute of Industrial Engineers Regional Student Conference as well as and editor for other films by local directors. Christian de Rezendes asked Tim to come back and work on two more projects with him as assistant editor on the feature film They Walk Among Us, as well as a production assistant and assistant editor on the feature length documentary 41 about Nicky O'Neill, the youngest victim in the Station Night Club fire.

Tim also became very involved with Rhode Island College newspaper The Anchor, writing as regular film reviewer and local arts, becoming the Arts and Entertainment Editor in 2005 and Managing Editor in 2006.

In the summer of 2006 Tim was hired as a Visual Effects Intern for Walt Disney Pictures Underdog and became a production technician at ABC6 WLNE-TV Providence doing in-studio camera work and editing for the local news.

His is currently working on three short films and doing research for a documentary on Don Bluth.