Tim Kirk (filmmaker)

Tim Kirk is a writer, director, and producer who currently lives in Los Angeles.

Tim Kirk
Tim Kirk at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012
Born
Timothy Tobin Kirk

(1962-10-29) October 29, 1962
Greencastle, IN, U.S.
OccupationFilm Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter, Author
Years active1992–present

He frequently collaborates with director Rodney Ascher, with whom he created the documentary Room 237, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival[1] and screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] Kirk also produced Ascher's The Nightmare,[4] The El Duce Tapes,[5] the Shudder original series Primal Screen, and A Glitch in the Matrix.

He wrote and directed the Kickstarter-funded Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein,[6] and Sex Madness Revealed.[7][8]

His writing includes the 2015 novel Burnt,[9] and the 2019 short fiction anthology The Feral Boy Who Lives in Griffith Park.[10]

Selected Filmography
TitleYearFormatRole
Hot Chicks Anthology: Bewitched2006ShortDirector
Room 2372012FeatureProducer
Tom Explores Los Angeles2013Web SeriesProducer
The Nightmare2015FeatureProducer
Sex Madness Revealed2018FeatureProducer, Director, Writer
And With Him Came The West[11]2019FeatureProducer
The El Duce Tapes2019FeatureProducer
A Glitch in the Matrix2021FeatureCo-Executive Producer

Awards and nominations
Governing bodyAwardCategoryNameOutcome
Gotham Independent Film AwardsGotham AwardBest DocumentaryRodney Ascher (director), Tim Kirk (producer)Nominated

References
  1. Raffi Asdourian (27 January 2012). "Room 237 Sundance 2012 Review". Movie City News. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. Rebecca Leffler (4 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's The We & The I to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. Jay Kirk (June 2013). "The Shining Path". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. "THE NIGHTMARE (2015)". DC. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. "The El Duce Tapes - North Bend Film Festival". North Bend Film Festival. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. "Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein by Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk — Kickstarter". Kickstarter. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  7. "Sex Madness Revealed (Blu-ray) - Kino Lorber Home Video". Kino Lorber Home Video. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  8. "The Tim Kirk Film Experience — Other Worlds Film Festival". Other Worlds Film Festival. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  9. "Pelekinesis: "Burnt" by Tim Kirk". Pelekinesis Press. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. "Excerpt: The Feral Boy Who Lives in Griffith Park - LA Weekly". LA Weekly. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. "'And with Him Came the West': Film Review - Hollywood Reporter". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

Tim Kirk at IMDb

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