Tim Kirk (filmmaker)

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

(1962-10-29) October 29, 1962 (age 59)
Greencastle, IN, U.S.
OccupationFilm Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter, Author
Years active1992–present

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

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[]

Title Year Format Role
Hot Chicks Anthology: Bewitched 2006 Short Director
Room 237 2012 Feature Producer
Tom Explores Los Angeles 2013 Web Series Producer
The Nightmare 2015 Feature Producer
Sex Madness Revealed 2018 Feature Producer, Director, Writer
And With Him Came The West[11] 2019 Feature Producer
The El Duce Tapes 2019 Feature Producer
A Glitch in the Matrix 2021 Feature Co-Executive Producer

Awards and nominations[]

Governing body Award Category Name Outcome
Gotham Independent Film Awards Gotham Award Best Documentary Rodney 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.

External links[]

Tim Kirk at IMDb

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