Tim Kirkby

The Barber’s Cut is a dark comedy set in the basement of a mad barber. The film required a large amount of post production. Not least the removal of the actors' bodies from the heads that are sitting on a shelf in a fridge. A hand, a foot and a head also had to be removed for some of the action shots. These removals then had to be replaced with bloody stumps. Another job was compositing a severed hand that has a life of its own. Clips of some of my work on the film can be seen here.

The Barber’s Cut has been selected for over 170 film festivals worldwide. It has won more than 70 awards, including 9 Best VFX awards.

The Golden Door Film Festival in New York deserves a mention as The Barber’s Cut was selected out of over 2500 entries to be shown with 150 other films. I travelled to New York in September 2015 with the director Mark Brocking for the screening. The Barber’s Cut was nominated in all top five categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. In October 2016 it was screened at the Empire Leicester Square as part of the British Horror Film Festival, and won the Best British Horror Award.

To celebrate Hallowe'en 2018, the full movie was finally released for the first time. Catch it here.

The Double Cross

The Double Cross is a silent black and white comedy set in Edwardian London. It's a story about a girl’s 21st birthday party, and the arrival of an unexpected relative, intent on causing trouble. The film won Best Short at the Best Shorts Film Festival in California, November 2014, as well as winning Best International Short Film at the Texas Ultimate Shorts Festival, January 2016. The Double Cross has been entered into over 50 film festivals worldwide and won over 10 awards. Clips of some of my work on the film can be seen here.

The post production work for The Double Cross involved a lot of object removal. Anything that was from the modern era had to go. This included, amongst other things, camera cables, a washing machine, a transit van and a security rope for the window jump. There was also all of the grading, as well as a number of effects shots.

Ascent

Ascent started shooting in April 2016, and was released in June 2018, premiering at the Dances with Films Festival in LA.

It has won the following awards:

WINNER El Rey Award for Excellence in Short Film Making at the Barcelona International Film Festival 2019

WINNER Best Sci-Fi Short at the International New York Film Festival, in New York, 14 - 15 June 2019

WINNER Best Narrative Short - Award of Prestige at the Vegas Movie Awards, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2019

Silver Medal for Best Cinematography, Silver Medal for Best Costume, Bronze Medal for Best Original Score, at the Global Independent Film Awards, 12 July 2019

Silver Award for Short Film at the California Film Awards, in San Diego, 30 December 2018

Ascent has also received the following nominations:

Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Sci-Fi at the Red Dirt Film Festival, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1 - 3 March 2019

Semi-Finalist selection at the Sands Film Festival, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, 13 April 2019

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Visual Effects, Ascent. Silver State Film Festival, Las Vegas 2019

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Special Effects, The Barber's Cut. Things 2 Fear Film Festival, 2018

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best VFX, The Barber's Cut. Oregon Scream Week, 2018

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Visual Effects (Horror), The Barber's Cut. Anatomy Crime and Horror International Film Festival, 2017

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Visual FX in a Short / Feature Film, The Barber's Cut. Something Wicked Film Festival, 2017

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Visual Effects, The Barber's Cut. WWA Film Festival, 2017

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best Digital Effects, The Barber's Cut. Horror Haus Film Festival, November 2016, Los Angeles

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best CGI Effects, The Barber's Cut. Shiver International Film Festival, October 2016, Ontario

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best FX, The Barber's Cut. Horror Quest Film Festival, October 2016, Atlanta

Winner - Tim Kirkby, Best CGI, The Barber's Cut. Fright Night Film Fest 2015, Louisville

Nominated - Tim Kirkby, Best Special Effects, The Barber's Cut. Diabolical Horror Film Festival, October 2016

Nominated - Tim Kirkby, Best Special Effects, The Barber's Cut. Macabre Faire Film Festival, January 2016, New York

Nominated - Tim Kirkby, Best Visual Effects, The Barber's Cut. Midwest Horror Shorts Film Festival 2015, Oklahoma City

Nominated - Tim Kirkby, Best Special effects, The Barber's Cut. Horror in the Hills Festival 2015, Tennessee

Nominated - Tim Kirkby, Best Special effects, The Barber's Cut. Mad Town Horror October 2016, Madison, WI