Tim Novotny is an American film actor, writer, composer and director from Ellington, New York. Novotny began his film career as a music composer while working as a part time actor at Kent State University's theatre program from 2008-2012. He composed several soundtracks for many local independent films in northeast Ohio including Maurice Thomas' (aka J. Starr) Urban Cannibal Massacre (aka Meat The Jones). After his writing scholarship at KSU had ended, Novotny decided he wanted to bring the stories he wrote to the screen. As an independently taught editor and cameraman, he began shooting music videos for local artists, which lead him to make two short films titled "Twisted Fate" and "Syndrome." After winning 3 awards for his short film "Sonny's Guest" at the 48 Hour Horror Film Competition (Cleveland), he began production on his first ...