Tim Kirkman is an American screenwriter and director. Kirkman's feature film debut, '' Dear Jesse'', was released theatrically by

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in 1998. A documentary film about the political and personal parallels between the gay filmmaker and the notoriously anti-gay U.S. Senator

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, ''Dear Jesse'', made its cable television debut on HBO/Cinemax's ''Reel Life'' series and was nominated for an

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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

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, a college student whose murder called attention to

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and

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. His second film, the performance documentary ''

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'',

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's solo off-Broadway hit play about writer

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, was released by FilmNext in 2000. He also directed '' 2nd Serve'', written by James Markert and starring

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, Guillermo Diaz,

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and

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. Kirkman's narrative feature debut, '' Loggerheads'', which he wrote and directed, premiered at the 2005

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where it was nominated for the

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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

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. The film, which stars

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, Michael Kelly,

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and

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, was released by

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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

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Filmography

*'' Dear Jesse'' (1998) - Writer/director (documentary) *''

'' (2000) - Director *'' Loggerheads'' (2005) - Writer/director *'' 2nd Serve'' (2013) - Director *'' Lazy Eye'' (2016) - Writer/director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkman, Tim 1966 births American male screenwriters Living people American film directors