Tim Skousen is an American
screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
,
producer, and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
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He grew up in
London
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The Bahamas
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,
Washington, D.C.
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,
Santiago
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, and
Winter Park, Florida
Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 29,795 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Winter Park was foun ...
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/ref> He graduated from Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...
in 2001 with a degree in Media Arts.
Career
Skousen wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
''Leon'' in 2001. He produced, filmed, and edited the 2004 documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
''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 Independent film, independent Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt (producer), Chris Wyatt and Sean C. Covel (producer), Sean Covel, written by Jared and J ...
''.
Skousen directed the 2006 comedy feature film ''The Sasquatch Gang
''The Sasquatch Gang'' (also known as ''The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang'') is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Tim Skousen, who served as first assistant director on ''Napoleon Dynamite''.
The six-week shoot was completed in the s ...
'', starring Jeremy Sumpter
Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 fantasy adventure film ''Peter Pan'', Jacob in the 2014 disaster film '' Into the Storm'', and the recurring role o ...
.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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