Tim Kirkman is an American screenwriter and director.
Kirkman's feature film debut, ''
Dear Jesse'', was released theatrically by
Cowboy Pictures in 1998. A documentary film about the political and personal parallels between the gay filmmaker and the notoriously anti-gay U.S. Senator
Jesse Helms, ''Dear Jesse'', made its cable television debut on HBO/Cinemax's ''Reel Life'' series and was nominated for an
Emmy Award in the News/Documentary Writing category in 2000.
Tim Kirkman's profile
at sundancechannel.com The TV broadcast version of the film featured an interview with Matthew Shepard
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, a college student whose murder called attention to gay-bashing
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and hate crimes.
His second film, the performance documentary '' The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me'', David Drake's solo off-Broadway hit play about writer Larry Kramer
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, was released by FilmNext in 2000. He also directed '' 2nd Serve'', written by James Markert and starring Josh Hopkins
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, Cameron Monaghan
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, Alexie Gilmore, Sam McMurray
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Places
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* Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
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People and fictional ...
, Guillermo Diaz, Kevin Sussman and Dash Mihok
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Early life
Mihok was born in New York City, the son of theater actors Andrea ...
.
Kirkman's narrative feature debut, '' Loggerheads'', which he wrote and directed, premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize
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for Best Dramatic Feature and won prizes at several film festivals across the United States, including the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest
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. The film, which stars Tess Harper
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, Bonnie Hunt
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, Michael Kelly, Michael Learned
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, Kip Pardue
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, Chris Sarandon
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and Robin Weigert, was released by Strand Releasing
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in October 2005.
Kirkman most recent film, '' Lazy Eye'', which he wrote, directed, and produced (with Todd Shotz) was released in 2016 and starts Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis and Michaela Watkins
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.
Filmography
*'' Dear Jesse'' (1998)
References
External links
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1966 births
American male screenwriters
Living people
American film directors