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Tim Kirk (filmmaker)
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Tim Kirk is a writer, director, and producer who currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Born | Timothy Tobin Kirk (1962-10-29) October 29, 1962 (age 61) Greencastle, IN, US |
Occupation(s) | Film producer, film director, screenwriter, author |
Years active | 1992–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]