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Tim Metcalfe is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive producer American born on 1 january 1954

Tim Metcalfe

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Birth name Timothy Metcalfe
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1954 (70 years)

Tim Metcalfe est un scénariste et réalisateur américain, né en 1954.

Best films

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
(Story)

Usually with

Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga
(1 films)
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
(2 films)
Donna Murphy
Donna Murphy
(2 films)
Jack Gilpin
Jack Gilpin
(2 films)
Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest
(1 films)
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Filmography of Tim Metcalfe (13 films)

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Director

Killer: A Journal of Murder, 1h31
Directed by Tim Metcalfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Prison films, Serial killer films
Actors James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle
Rating62% 3.1455953.1455953.1455953.1455953.145595
During the latest of many imprisonments for burglary, Panzram (James Woods) forms an uneasy friendship with prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard). Panzram asks Lesser for writing equipment and proceeds to write his life story, in which he confesses to several murders.

Scriptwriter

Higher Ground, 1h54
Directed by Vera Farmiga
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about religion
Actors Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Norbert Leo Butz, Dagmara Domińczyk, John Hawkes, Nina Arianda
Rating61% 3.0975853.0975853.0975853.0975853.097585
1961–72 Corinne Walker is a young girl who is skeptical about God. After the stillbirth of her brother, her parent's marriage disintegrates over the course of several years. As a teenager (Taissa Farmiga), she meets Ethan (Boyd Holbrook), a budding musician in local rock band The Renegades. They get married after Corinne becomes pregnant, and have their daughter Abigail. While touring with Ethan's band, their bus crashes into a river. Ethan rushes to save Abby, and Corinne pleads with God to save her. Abby is pulled out of the bus before it sinks into the water, and Ethan believes that God wanted them to live. Ethan and Corinne grow more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving themselves over to a radical New Testament church.
The Haunting in Connecticut, 1h32
Directed by Peter Cornwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, Elias Koteas, Ty Wood
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9031052.9031052.9031052.9031052.903105
In 1987, Sara Campbell (Virginia Madsen) is driving her son Matthew (Kyle Gallner) home from the hospital where he has been undergoing cancer treatments and traumas. Sara and her husband Peter (Martin Donovan), a recovering alcoholic, discuss finding a rental house closer to the hospital. On another hospital visit, Sara finds a man putting up a “For Rent” sign in front of a large house. The man is frustrated and offers her the first month free if she will rent it immediately. On the trip home, Matt is in extreme pain, so Sara drives back to the house, where they stay for the night.
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, 1h43
Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Andrew Bryniarski, Clare Carey
Rating63% 3.1527753.1527753.1527753.1527753.152775
The plot, about bank robbers held at bay by the Los Angeles Police Department, is based on a real incident which occurred February 28, 1997, known as the North Hollywood shootout. Homicide detective Frank McGregor (Michael Madsen) tracks a violent duo of bank robbers: Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, who were named the High Incident Bandits by the L.A.P.D.
Bones
Bones (2001)
, 1h36
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Ghost films, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Khalil Kain, Michael T. Weiss, Bianca Lawson, Clifton Powell
Rating44% 2.2052352.2052352.2052352.2052352.205235
In 1979, Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dogg) is a numbers runner who is respected and loved in his neighborhood as its respected member and protector. When he is betrayed and brutally murdered by corrupt white cop Lupovich (Michael T. Weiss) and drug pusher Eddie Mack (Ricky Harris), Bones' elegant brownstone building becomes his own tomb, and is closed.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Lance Henriksen, Rob Morrow, Donna Murphy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Wil Wheaton, Titus Welliver
Rating69% 3.483753.483753.483753.483753.48375
The film recreates the events leading up to and after the assassination of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, by the actor John Wilkes Booth, as well as a glimpse into the personal lives of both men.
Killer: A Journal of Murder, 1h31
Directed by Tim Metcalfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Prison films, Serial killer films
Actors James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle
Rating62% 3.1455953.1455953.1455953.1455953.145595
During the latest of many imprisonments for burglary, Panzram (James Woods) forms an uneasy friendship with prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard). Panzram asks Lesser for writing equipment and proceeds to write his life story, in which he confesses to several murders.
Kalifornia
Kalifornia (1993)
, 1h53
Directed by Dominic Sena
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, David Rose, Loanne Bishop
Rating66% 3.348973.348973.348973.348973.34897
Brian Kessler (David Duchovny) is a graduate student in psychology and a journalist, who has written an article about serial killers, which draws interest from a publisher that offers him a book deal. After the book deal advance is spent, Brian realizes that he needs to start working on finishing his book. His photographer girlfriend Carrie Laughlin (Michelle Forbes) persuades him to move to California, and they decide to drive from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to California and visit infamous murder sites along the way. Short on funds, Brian posts a ride-share ad.
Iron Maze
Iron Maze (1991)
, 1h44
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, John Randolph, J. T. Walsh, Gabriel Damon, Rohn Thomas
Roles Writer
Rating45% 2.2651152.2651152.2651152.2651152.265115
Un japonais rachète toute une partie d'une ville aux États-Unis, mais est trouvé battu à mort dans les vestiges d'une usine d'acier qu'il veut transformer en parc de loisirs. Le shérif mène l'enquête, et les témoins ont de curieuses façons de rapporter les faits.
Fright Night Part 2, 1h44
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind, Julie Carmen, Jon Gries, Brian Thompson
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.955722.955722.955722.955722.95572
Three years after the first film, Charley Brewster, as a result of psychiatric therapy, now believes that Jerry Dandrige was nothing but a serial killer posing as a vampire. As a result, he comes to believe that vampires never existed.
Million Dollar Mystery, 1h35
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Tom Bosley, Royce D. Applegate, Eddie Deezen, Douglas Edward Emerson, Rich Hall, Daniel McDonald
Rating50% 2.5121552.5121552.5121552.5121552.512155
Sidney Preston, a disgruntled White House aide, takes off with $4 million that belonged to the government. While on the run, he stops at a roadside diner and has their world famous chili. He suffers a fatal heart attack and before dying, reveals to onlookers the location of the first million dollars.
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, 1h38
Directed by Joe Roth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Courtney Thorne-Smith
Roles Characters
Rating51% 2.5544552.5544552.5544552.5544552.554455
The Lambda Lambda Lambda from Adams College are packing their suitcases to get ready for a national fraternity convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Just before heading to the airport, Lewis' (Robert Carradine) best friend Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) explains to him that he feels stupid that he cannot come, due to breaking his leg (during a chess match).
Three for the Road, 1h28
Directed by Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Sally Kellerman, Blair Tefkin, Raymond J. Barry
Rating53% 2.6575052.6575052.6575052.6575052.657505
The movie centers around Paul Tracy (Sheen), aide to a United States Senator (Raymond J. Barry), and who has political aspirations of his own. He is asked to transport Robin (Green), the Senator's delinquent daughter, to an institution for girls. He asks his aspiring writer roommate T.S. (Ruck) to come along for the trip. Robin is initially drugged by her father and put unconscious into the back of their car, but as soon as she wakes up she tries everything and anything to escape.
Revenge of the Nerds, 1h27
Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Children's films, Teen movie
Actors Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong, Andrew Cassese, Michelle Meyrink
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.298933.298933.298933.298933.29893
Best friends and nerds Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe enroll in Adams College to study computer science. They are kicked out of the freshmen dorms by the Alpha Betas, a fraternity composed primarily of football team members, after the Alpha's carelessly burn down their frat house. Dean Ulich sets up the freshmen in temporary quarters in the school's gymnasium, but allows them to rush the fraternities to alleviate their housing situation. Lewis, Gilbert, and other nerds fail to gain fraternity membership, but are able to rent and completely renovate a rundown two-story campus house.

Producer

Higher Ground, 1h54
Directed by Vera Farmiga
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about religion
Actors Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Norbert Leo Butz, Dagmara Domińczyk, John Hawkes, Nina Arianda
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61% 3.0975853.0975853.0975853.0975853.097585
1961–72 Corinne Walker is a young girl who is skeptical about God. After the stillbirth of her brother, her parent's marriage disintegrates over the course of several years. As a teenager (Taissa Farmiga), she meets Ethan (Boyd Holbrook), a budding musician in local rock band The Renegades. They get married after Corinne becomes pregnant, and have their daughter Abigail. While touring with Ethan's band, their bus crashes into a river. Ethan rushes to save Abby, and Corinne pleads with God to save her. Abby is pulled out of the bus before it sinks into the water, and Ethan believes that God wanted them to live. Ethan and Corinne grow more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving themselves over to a radical New Testament church.