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Durkin at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
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Timothy Sean Durkin

(1981-12-09) December 9, 1981 (age 42)
Canada
Other names T. Sean Durkin
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film producer

Timothy Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Martha Marcy May Marlene. His short film, Mary Last Seen, on the same theme as Martha, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. In 2013, Durkin directed the Channel 4 drama series Southcliffe, starring Sean Harris and Rory Kinnear. His second film, The Nest, premiered in 2020. His next film titled The Iron Claw, a biography based on the Von Erich family of wrestlers, will be released in 2023.

Life and career

Durkin was born in Canada and moved to England soon thereafter; he was raised in North London and in Surrey until his family moved to Manhattan when he was 12. Durkin graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 2000, then attended the film school at New York University, where he graduated in 2005 and delivered his thesis film in 2006. He moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2008.

In an interview with Robert K. Elder for the book The Best Film You've Never Seen, Durkin said, “When I make a film, I think about things that scare me. My exploration of those things is to try and wrap my head around them and confront them.”

Durkin participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 3 Women, The Birds, The Conformist, The Goonies, Jaws, The Panic in Needle Park, Persona, The Piano Teacher, Rosemary's Baby, and The Shining.

Durkin is a founding member of Borderline Films with fellow directors Antonio Campos and Josh Mond.

Filmography

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2006 Doris Yes No No
2007 The Last 15 No No Yes
2008 A Long Way Home No No Yes
2010 Mary Last Seen Yes Yes No
Kids in Love No No Yes
2013 Karaoke! No No Yes
1009 No No Executive
2014 Tzniut No No Executive

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Yes Yes No
2020 The Nest Yes Yes Yes
2023 The Iron Claw Yes Yes Yes

Music videos

  • "Air Traffic Control" by Louis XIV (2008)
  • "Your Love Is Killing Me" by Sharon Van Etten (2014)

Executive producer

  • Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
  • The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
  • Christine (2016)
  • Katie Says Goodbye (2016)
  • Piercing (2018)
  • The Rental (2020)

Producer

  • Afterschool (2008)
  • Simon Killer (2012)
  • James White (2015)

Television

Year Title Director Executive
Producer		 Notes
2013 Southcliffe Yes No Miniseries
2023 Dead Ringers Yes Yes 3 episodes
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