TIM KIRKMAN (Writer/Director) Tim Kirkman’s documentary “Dear Jesse” was released theatrically in 1998. After its premiere on the acclaimed HBO/Cinemax “Reel Life” series, he received an Emmy nomination for writing. “Dear Jesse” won the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and was named Best Documentary (Runner-Up) by the Boston Society of Film Critics, as well as Independent Spirit, Gotham and GLAAD Award nominations. His second film was a performance documentary of David Drake’s “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me.” A North Carolina native, he graduated from N.C. State and received an M.A. from The New School for Social Research in New York City.