About Tim Lorge

Tim Lorge, a native of Turnersville, NJ, is a filmmaker, playwright, photographer, and film historian.
His most notable theatrical works include the stage plays "Family Snapshot," “Why We Left” and "The Ballad of Maggie and Ian." He currently has multiple film and web projects in various stages of production including his next feature film and a web series which finds him writing, directing and starring.
He is also a prolific technology writer, having served as Editor-in-Chief for Groupware News and as contributing author to the "Microsoft Official Academic Course Exam 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012" published by John Wiley and Sons. He holds the distinction of being the only cast member of Microsoft's online reality show "Career Factor" to be asked to leave. It's a funny story - Ask him about it.
He regularly photographs the works of some of New York's most exciting playwrights and actors at "The Playground Experiment," and "The New Ambassadors Theater Lab", two distinctive New York City based theater development companies.
He is the Raindance New York City Hub Coordinator where he organizes the internationally known and respected Raindance Filmmaking Curriculum within the New York Metropolitan Area. In addition, he creates content for the Raindance blog on film history, software, cameras, lenses and other production gear.
by Tim Lorge | 20 September, 2018 | Film History, In Our Opinion
Preston Sturges was one of us. He was an Academy Award winner, actor, playwright and the first true screenwriter-director multi-hyphenate. He is a reminder that “it” can happen for you, me, and all our friends with a lot of determination and tons of hard work....
by Tim Lorge | 4 April, 2018 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
The creative process can sometimes seem like moving a 320-ton ship uphill. Sometimes, you actually have to do that. If you follow any of us Raindancers on Twitter, you may have seen our April Fool’s joke about the WernAcular plug-in. bit.ly/WernAcular The gag is that...
by Tim Lorge | 7 March, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
There are some films in which the production itself was so unbelievable that they spawned a separate film documenting or dramatizing the process. I’m not talking about a middling DVD extra. I’m talking an actual documentary made by someone other than the studio. For...
by Tim Lorge | 5 March, 2018 | Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
In the Summer of 2014, I was bored with Netflix. Both my DVD and Streaming queues were filled with a ton of blockbusters and other flicks I heard I should watch but didn’t really want to. It was largely uninspiring. Then, all the filmmaking blogs were abuzz with...
by Tim Lorge | 6 December, 2017 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Producing, Screenwriting
If you have not heard of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room all I can say is WOW. You need to know this film. It is arguably, one of the most successful and, to this day, one of the truest indie films of all times. Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is perhaps the greatest cult film...