Tim Novotny is an American film director and actor from Akron, Ohio.

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 as a hobby to the screen. As a self-taught editor and cameraman, he began shooting music videos for local artists which lead him to make two 32 minute 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 decided it was time to start production on his first feature film titled Vile Prey. Vile Prey Premiered at the Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio in 2016 and was nominated for Best Ohio Feature. Novotny later won the Marshell Hawkins Award for Best Score in a Feature Film at the Idyllwild International Film Festival (2018) for the motion picture Dark Iris. He continues to work as an independent artist in cinema as the CEO and producer of his company The Novotarian Syndicate based in northeast Ohio.