Tim McCarthy is a writer/director and editor in Los Angeles. He most recently cut the independent feature Dying Days and the feature documentary What Are We Doing Here?, a critique of western influence in Africa. In 2008 McCarthy produced the award-winning short Watchtower, a 1920s period piece about the making of a hit man, which is now in development as a feature-length motion picture at Fox. He is currently an MFA candidate in UCLA’s Graduate Directing Program, where he has won numerous awards for his work including the prestigious Edie and Lew Wasserman Directing Fellowship. His short film The Rick is the only UCLA student film to have screened as an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival (2004). In addition to screening at several high-profile festivals, The Rick was also a National Finalist for the Student Academy Awards. He has directed several other shorts including Trespassing, which premiered at the 2006 One reel Film Festival. Born and raised in Iowa, McCarthy majored in philosophy and economics at Middlebury College, where he was also a member of the school’s football team.