Tim Kirk is a writer, director, and producer who currently lives in Los Angeles. He frequently collaborates with director

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, with whom he created the documentary ''

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'', which premiered at the 2012

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and screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. ...

. Kirk also produced Ascher's ''

The Nightmare ''The Nightmare'' is a 1781 oil painting by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It shows a woman in deep sleep with her arms thrown below her, and with a demonic and apelike incubus crouched on her chest. The painting's dreamlike and haunting erotic ...

'', '' The El Duce Tapes'', the

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original series ''Primal Screen'', and ''

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''. He wrote and directed the

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-funded ''Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein'', and '' Sex Madness Revealed''. His writing includes the 2015 novel ''Burnt'', and the 2019 short fiction anthology ''The Feral Boy Who Lives in Griffith Park''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirk, Tim 1962 births Living people American male screenwriters American male writers American film producers American film directors