Tim Sullivan(IX)

A Jersey boy raised on genre films and rock 'n roll, writer/director/producer Tim Sullivan began his career as a teenager pumping fake blood for 80's cult classic The Deadly Spawn (1983) (1983). Graduating from NYU film school, Sullivan moved to Los Angeles where he worked in development at New Line Cinema, co-producing Detroit Rock City (1999) (1999) with Michael De Luca and Gene Simmons of KISS. Sullivan's mainstream directorial debut was the well-received LionsGate's horror-comedy 2001 Maniacs (2005) (2005), produced by Eli Roth and Christopher Tuffin. This was followed by Driftwood (2006) (2006), 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010) (2010), and Chillerama (2011) (2011). Sullivan gained additional notoriety as celebrity director of Vh1's hit series Scream Queens (2008) (2010) (handpicked by James Gunn to succeed him), as well as creator and host of the popular podcast Shock 'n Roll. Re-joining forces with LionsGate, Sullivan produced the Burt Reynolds vehicle The Last Movie Star (2017) (2017), and along with The Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek adapted Manzarek's novel The Poet in Exile into a feature film. With writing and producing partner Cooper Tomlinson, Sullivan formed New Rebellion Entertainment, for which the duo wrote the psychological thriller Lullaby, on track for production in 2023 with Mckenna Grace set to star.