Tim Skousen is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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,
producer
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Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
, and
director.
He grew up in
London
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,
The Bahamas
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,
Washington, D.C.,
Santiago
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, and
Winter Park, Florida
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.
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/ref> He graduated from Brigham Young University
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in 2001 with a degree in Media Arts.
Career
Skousen wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
''Leon'' in 2001. He produced, filmed, and edited the 2004 documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
''Awful Normal''.
Skousen was first assistant director on the 2004 comedy ''Baptists at Our Barbecue'', and the 2004 feature film ''Napoleon Dynamite
''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy high- ...
''.
Skousen directed the 2006 comedy feature film '' The Sasquatch Gang'', starring Jeremy Sumpter.Sing Sing
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Correctional Facility who are involved with th
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
References
American Latter Day Saints
Brigham Young University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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