Tim Metcalfe

Writer-Director Tim Metcalfe was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended both the University of Cincinnati and California Institute of the Arts.

His credits include such diverse films as Revenge of the Nerds; the Brad Pitt cult thriller Kalifornia; and the 2009 horror hit Haunting in Connecticut. For producers Ed Pressman and Oliver Stone, Metcalfe wrote the independent film Iron Maze starring Bridget Fonda; which won for him the best screenplay award at the Tokyo Film Festival.

In addition to his work on HIGHER GROUND, he wrote and directed Killer: A Journal of Murder starring James Woods. The film was also produced by Oliver Stone, and won for Woods two film festival Best Actor awards. For cable television he wrote for “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” for TNT, and the docudrama “44 Minutes: Shootout in North Hollywood,” which garnered the highest rating in the FX channel's history.

He has written or co-written with partners screenplays for Steven Spielberg, Norman Lear, Spyglass, New Regency, Propaganda, Mandalay, Warners, Disney, Paramount and Lionsgate and Fox. Married with two children, Metcalfe lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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