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About Tim

Tim Northburg is an author and screenwriter who is enthusiastic about telling dramatic stories that have an Americana or classic sensibility to them that touches the spirit, evokes emotion, or sparks a personal connection in unfamiliar settings. Tim writes as a way for him to express his inner feelings and wild thoughts. Writing allows him to authentically bring out parts of himself through the characters and the situations they face. In the past eight years, Tim has trained closely with an LA entertainment industry veteran in Denver, CO and a 20-year screenwriter/script consultant in Los Angeles. He recently completed a four-month mentorship with a top LA screenwriting consultant and finished a one-month mentorship with a development executive through Roadmap Writers. Six of his scripts have earned nearly fifty accomplishments in big and small festivals and competitions including; honorable mentions and first place awards in festivals as well as quarterfinalist, semifinalist, finalist, and top 10 placements with prestigious competitions such as, Filmmatic, Emerging Screenwriters, Roadmap Writers Shorts Competition, Screencraft, Filmmatic, ScriptLab, STOWE and PAGE.

Unique traits: Tim brings a wealth of success in the arenas of sales, marketing, and business development as well as coaching, mentoring, and management.

Loglines

  • A Love For Cranberries

    A Love For Cranberries Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance Drama A Hallmark-style fall romance: A career oriented literary agent returns to her hometown after her father’s heart attack and tries to save their cranberry farm with the help of a handsome local chef.

  • The Vemgeance of Eleanor Dumont

    The Vemgeance of Eleanor Dumont Budget: $30M+ | Western Action In 1860 Utah Territory, a tough-as-nails casino queen turned rancher, hunts down the man who stole her heart, stole her home and left her or dead with the help of a past enemy turned unlikely ally..

  • Songs of Gloria

    Songs of Gloria Budget: $30M+ | Romance Musical After celebrating their 30th Anniversary, Andy Doyle loses his wife Gloria in a car accident. Deep in grief and his world in shambles, he brings levity to the situation by recounting to his family the vicissitudes of their ordinary love to the tune of a U2 soundtrack.

  • The Exhibitant

    The Exhibitant Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi Drama An unassuming young zookeeper is abducted and forced to use his special connection with animals in a cosmic zoo, light years from Earth where he must break from his past to save the animals and lead humanity to a new Earth.

  • Moving Metal

    Moving Metal Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Comedy Within a fictitious domestic car dealership, an underappreciated General Sales Manager leads a group of misfit car salespeople toward success in order to save his job and prove his worth to ownership.

  • No Les, No More

    No Les, No More Budget: $0 - $100K | Western Comedy A short western comedy about Lester Moore, the Wells Fargo Station agent in Naco, Arizona who is now memorialized at Boot Hill near Tombstone. After Hank Dunston comes in the station to pick up his package and it is damaged, Les and Hank get into a witty conversation with a play on words that ends up deadly.

  • The Fetcher, Fletcher Barnes

    The Fetcher, Fletcher Barnes Budget: $30M+ | Fantasy Adventure When a young slave, forced to search for unknown artifacts finds one, he is thrust into an adventure with a shape-shifting wolf, where instead of being a slave to those in power, he finds his way to recover the remaining artifacts and free his people from slavery.

  • Advice From Ahmesh

    Advice From Ahmesh Budget: $0 - $100K | Family Drama When long time employee Martin Richards gets overlooked for a promotion at his tech firm, he gets words of wisdom from a unique visitor in a dream that changes his perspective on life.

  • To The Pointe

    To The Pointe Budget: $5M - $10M | Family Drama When long time employee Martin Richards gets overlooked for a promotion at his tech firm, he gets words of wisdom from a unique visitor in a dream that changes his perspective on life.

Awards

  • Roadmap Writers Shorts - Finalist, Top 10
    (2022)

  • Boston Screenplay Awards - Semifinalist
    (2022)

  • The Script Lab Free - Quarterfinalist
    (2022)

  • Emerging Screenwriters Family & Holiday - Quarterfinalist
    (2022)

  • ISA Table Read My Screenplay - Semifinalist
    (2021)

  • NYISA - Semifinalist
    (2021)

  • STOWE Story Labs, PAGE - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival - Best Action, Judges Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • Vegas Movie Awards - Winner of Merit Best Screenwriter/Feature
    (2021)

  • Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Awards - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • Phoenix Shorts - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Fest - Best Screenwriting Silver Award
    (2020)

  • Sunny Side Up Film Festival - Best Musical Screenplay
    (2020)

  • Ermantourage Industry Next - Finalist, Top 10
    (2020)

  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Fest - Best Screenplay Bronze Award
    (2020)

  • Sunny Side Up Film Festival - Best Western Screenplay
    (2020)

  • Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship - Finalist
    (2020)

  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - Top 10 Western Genre
    (2020)

  • United States Film Festival - Best US Screenplay
    (2020)

  • PAGE - Quarterfinalist
    (2020)

  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Quarterfinalist
    (2020)

  • Screencraft Fellowship - Semifinalist, Script 1
    (2020)

  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Fest - Best Screenwriting Silver Award
    (2020)

  • Screencraft Fellowship - Semifinalist, Script 2
    (2020)

  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Fest - Best Screenwriting Gold Award
    (2020)

  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Fest - Best Feature Screenplay
    (2020)

  • Sunny Side Up Fest - Best Short Screenplay
    (2020)

  • Austin Comedy Short Film Festival - Official Selection
    (2020)

  • Austin Micro Short Film Festival - Finalist, Best Dark Comedy Short
    (2020)

  • Portland Comedy Film Festival - Official Selection
    (2020)

  • Houston Comedy Film Festival - Official Selection
    (2020)

  • Austin After Dark Film Festival - Best Comedy Short
    (2020)

  • The Monkey Bread Tree - Finalist, Best Character Arc
    (2020)

  • Screencraft Animated - Quarterfinalist
    (2020)

  • The Monthly Film Festival June/July - 3rd Best Script
    (2019)

  • The Wild Bunch Film Festival - Festival Directors Choice
    (2019)

  • The Monthly Film Festival Aug/Sept - Quarterfinalist
    (2019)

  • Filmmatic Pitch Now - Finalist
    (2019)

  • The Script Lab Free - Quarterfinalist
    (2019)

  • The Monthly Film Festival Nov/Dec - Best Screenwriter
    (2019)

  • The Monthly Film Festival Nov/Dec - 1st place
    (2019)

  • The Macoproject - Official Selection
    (2019)

  • Indie Short Fest - Finalist, Best Short Script
    (2019)

  • IndieX Fest - Finalist, Best Short Script
    (2019)

  • The Wild Bunch Film Festival - Wild West Award
    (2018)

  • Vesuvius International Film Fest - Official Selection
    (2011)

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