Biography

Tim Kirkman's first feature film, the personal diary documentary "Dear Jesse," received Gotham, GLAAD, and Independent Spirit Award nominations, was named Best Documentary of the Year in 1997 by the Boston Society of Film Critics, won the Audience Award at Frameline, and screened in film festivals all over the world. After "Dear Jesse" debuted on the HBO/Cinemax Reel Life series, Tim was nominated for an Emmy Award for Nonfiction Writing. His second directorial effort was a film of David Drake's "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me." He wrote and directed his third feature, "Loggerheads", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005, and stars Tess Harper, Chris Sarandon, Michael Kelly, Bonnie Hunt, Robin Weigert, Michael Learned and Kip Pardue. "Loggerheads" won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest, audience awards at the Florida and Nashville Film Festivals, and the top screenwriting prize at the Madrid International LGBT Film Festival. His fifth feature, "Lazy Eye," which he wrote, directed, and produced (with Todd Shotz), was released in 2017. In addition to his film awards and nominations, Tim received an Alfred P. Sloan Award for development of "Kitty Hawk," an original screenplay about Wilbur and Orville Wright. He has taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California, the University of California in Los Angeles, Hunter College in New York City and Vermont College of Fine Art. He also has directed commercials and music videos and for ten years was an art director for Miramax Films. A North Carolina native, Tim lives in Los Angeles. He is represented by Robin Budd of Viewfinder Management.