Tim Morton (born May 5, 1984) is an American independent director,
producer, writer, and actor.Morton was born on May 5, 1984 in
Louisville, Kentucky and raised until he moved to Memphis, Tennessee
for college where he met collaborators such as Morgan Jon Fox and
Kentucker Audley. He appeared in their movies Away (A)Wake in 2005 and
Team Picture in 2007. He also starred in the short Family Tree with
Greta Gerwig and Lena Dunham. When he came back to Louisville, he
founded the studio Jimothy with Jimmy Kustes. He put out his
directorial debut Scattered Junk in 2011, which featured David Maloney
and Greg Cushing. After a brief appearance in Passenger Pigeons, the
debut feature film of Martha Stephens, she decided to write his first
lead role for Pilgrim Song which shot in his home state of Kentucky
and opened at the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival. This would be
the beginning of many of the movies he shot in Kentucky including
Pleased to Meet Me and As It Is in Heaven. Zachary Treitz and Kate Lyn
Sheil then wrote Men Go To Battle with him and David Maloney playing
brothers during the Civil War. It won Best New Director at the 2015
Tribeca Film Festival. His next film is the 6-years-in-the-making New
Cops starring himself, David Maloney, and Jimmy Kustes.
producer, writer, and actor.Morton was born on May 5, 1984 in
Louisville, Kentucky and raised until he moved to Memphis, Tennessee
for college where he met collaborators such as Morgan Jon Fox and
Kentucker Audley. He appeared in their movies Away (A)Wake in 2005 and
Team Picture in 2007. He also starred in the short Family Tree with
Greta Gerwig and Lena Dunham. When he came back to Louisville, he
founded the studio Jimothy with Jimmy Kustes. He put out his
directorial debut Scattered Junk in 2011, which featured David Maloney
and Greg Cushing. After a brief appearance in Passenger Pigeons, the
debut feature film of Martha Stephens, she decided to write his first
lead role for Pilgrim Song which shot in his home state of Kentucky
and opened at the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival. This would be
the beginning of many of the movies he shot in Kentucky including
Pleased to Meet Me and As It Is in Heaven. Zachary Treitz and Kate Lyn
Sheil then wrote Men Go To Battle with him and David Maloney playing
brothers during the Civil War. It won Best New Director at the 2015
Tribeca Film Festival. His next film is the 6-years-in-the-making New
Cops starring himself, David Maloney, and Jimmy Kustes.
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