Timothy Michael Sullivan (born July 2, 1964) is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.

Biography

Early career

Sullivan's career began as a teenager when he landed a job as a

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on the 1983 cult horror film '' Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn''. Sullivan majored in film studies at

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, and his first writer/director/producer credit was the short ''A Christmas Treat'' (1985), for which he won

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magazine's Short Film Search Award. While attending NYU, Sullivan wrote the music news for

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. After graduating, he worked as a production assistant on such award-winning films as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Career

He was production manager for the independent films ''If Looks Could Kill'' (1986) and ''America Exposed'', (1990). After working in development at

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for five years, Sullivan's mainstream directorial debut was the well-received Lion's Gate's horror-comedy, ''

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'' (2005) starring

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and

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. This was followed by '' Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror'' (2005) (as co-writer and producer) and ''

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'' (2006), a supernatural thriller about troubled youths at a reform camp, starring

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and

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. Having released the MANIACS sequel '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010), Sullivan directed of

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's hit series ''

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'' (2010), as well as creator and host of ''Shock N Roll'', his weekly talk and video blog on leading web network

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. Re-joining forces with ''

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'' director

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for the comedy/horror anthology ''

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'' (2011), Sullivan contributed the musical segment ''I Was a Teenage Werebear'' starring

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, followed by the Rifkin written and directed

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vehicle ''

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'' (2017), on which Sullivan earned an Associate Producer credit. Sullivan then took an extended break from the industry (and Los Angeles) to focus on health, friends and family. It was during this time Sullivan formed his own production company, New Rebellion Entertainment., (with partners

, Mike Markoff, Cooper Tomlinson and

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), creating and developing a variety of projects he will produce and direct in 2022, among them the George A. Romero’s version of ''

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'' (in partnership with

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and written by

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), and the ''Night Songs'', which explores the paranormal romance between a music journalist and a vampiric young rock star featuring songs co-written by Sullivan with Doug Rockwell,

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and

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Personal life

Sullivan is openly gay and a activist for equality and NOH8.

Filmography

Actor

*''If Looks Could Kill'' (1986) as Groom (uncredited) *''America Exposed'' as Biker *''

'' (1999) as KISS Concert Audience Member (uncredited) *''

'' (2005) as Coffin Harry *''

'' (2006) as Van Driver (uncredited) *''Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman'' (2007) as Himself *''The War Prayer'' (2007) as The Preacher *''

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'' (2008) as Man in Black (uncredited) *'' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010) as Road Rascals Narrator (billed as Marc Ambrose) *''

'' (2010) as Himself *''

'' (2011) as Coach Tuffman *''Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger'' (2011) as Sgt. Sullivan *'' Bloody Bloody Bible Camp'' (2012) as Sister Mary Chopper *'' Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau'' (2014) as Himself 0 Comments Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau Gets a Trailer and Release News
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'' (2017) as Bouncer (uncredited)

Producer

* ''A Christmas Treat'' (1985) * ''If Looks Could Kill'' (1986) * ''America Exposed'' (1990) * ''

'' (1999) as associate producer * Everclear: The Boys Are Back in Town ''Music Video'' (1999) as producer * '' Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror'' (2006) * ''Killed on the Fourth of July'' (2010) * ''

'' (2011) as executive producer * ''Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger'' (PsychoCharger) ''Music Video'' (2011) * ''One for the Road'' (2011) as executive producer * '' Bloody Bloody Bible Camp'' (2012) as producer * ''Cut/Print'' (2012) as producer * ''

'' (2017) as associate producer

Writer

* '' The Deadly Spawn'' (1983) Additional Dialogue * ''A Christmas Treat'' (1985) * ''

'' (2005) * '' Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010) * ''

'' (segment I was a Teenage Werebear)(2011)

Director

* ''A Christmas Treat'' (1985) * ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2006) * '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010) * ''

'' (segment I was a Teenage Werebear)(2011) * ''Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger'' (PsychoCharger) ''Music Video'' (2011) * ''Mad World'' (Josh Brodis) 2012 ''Music Video'' (2012) * Cut/Print ''LA Production'' (2012)

References

External links

*
Tim Sullivan at Myspace
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