Tim Kontje

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Tim Kontje is an LA-based screenwriter with an affinity for stories that combine unlikely heroes and crackerjack action with quirky humor. He is currently the assistant to the creator and co-showrunner of the Netflix hit series GINNY & GEORGIA, and his previous exploits include court reporting on criminal trials and handling product placement for Lifetime movies.

A winner of numerous contests, including Stage 32, Emerging Screenwriters, and Creative Screenwriting, Tim is also a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist, board member of the Junior Hollywood Radio and Television Society, and member of the Independent Writers' Caucus. He has an MFA in screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University. Originally from California, Tim also grew up in Berlin (ja, he speaks German) and, despite being a twin, sadly isn’t telepathic.

Honors & Awards

Winner, Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest - KITBASH - 2024

Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - ZERO LINE - 2024

Winner, Emerging Screenwriters Action/Adventure Competition - ZERO LINE - 2023

KITBASH

Action Feature

LUCY meets THE RAID

After a slacker maid accidentally gains superhuman combat abilities from an experimental drug, she has two hours before it kills her to find a cure and rescue her sister from a psycho billionaire and his private army.

ZERO LINE

Action/Adventure Feature

TOMB RAIDER meets BLOOD DIAMOND

A hard-charging journalist teams up with a cynical thief and a timid archaeologist to find her missing mentor in a race through the blood antiquities underworld. Inspired by true events.

BLACK BUTTERFLY

Action/Adventure Pilot

ROGUE HEROES meets PONIES

Berlin, 1941: After her identical twin is killed, a shy young woman must take her sister's place as a spy in the heart of the Nazi Reich.