About
Timothy Lenko
Writer | Director | Performer
Timothy is a Canadian filmmaker whose directorial debut A Priest Walks into a Bar has garnered awards and festival screenings on three different continents. He also wrote the award winning Fear & Trembling directed by Jeremy Ratzlaff.
Timothy is proud to be one of Yorkton Film Festival’s 2025-26 filmmaking mentees sponsored by RBC and a member of the 2026 ScreenSask Writers Room fellowship. He is also a founding director of the Moose Jaw Film Festival.
His first love is writing and he has found incredible joy in mobilizing artists to tell stories that deepen self-understanding and promote empathy.
Photo by Peter Scoular.
