Tim Palmer, born in Nottingham, England, is a British film historian currently based at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the film studies department. He holds a bachelor's degree in film and literature from the University of Warwick, a master's degree in film and television studies from the University of Warwick, and a PhD in communication arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington, or University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students each year. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".