Timothy A. Chey
Timothy A. Chey is a Christian-based director, writer, and producer, whose debut feature was the comedy, Fakin’ da Funk (1997), starring Pam Grier, Tone Loc, Ernie Hudson, Tatyana Ali, Margaret Cho, Bo Jackson, Rudy Ray Moore, and Nell Carter. Chey was director/writer/producer of the D.C.-based thriller, The Genius Club (2006), with Stephen Baldwin, Tricia Helfer, Tom Sizemore, and Jack Scalia, and released by RiverRain Productions.
Chey, as writer-director, cast Malcolm McDowell as Satan in the Christian thriller, Suing the Devil (2010), with Tom Sizemore, Corbin Bernsen, and Rebecca St. James, and released by Mouthwatering Productions. Chey subsequently made a string of little-seen Christian movies, including Final: The Rapture (2013), David and Goliath (2014), Freedom (2015), and Epic Journey (2015), and then Chey was director/writer/producer of the Christian-themed sports drama, Slamma Jamma (2017), with NFL star Michael Irvin and MLB star Jose Canseco, and released by RiverRain Productions to a mediocre $1.6 million gross.
Timothy A. Chey was director/writer/producer of the adventure drama, The Firing Squad (2024), with James Barrington, Kevin Sorbo, Edmund Kwan, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Eric Roberts, and produced by the conspiratorial ultra-right Falun Gong-affiliated newspaper, The Epoch Times and its Epoch Studios, which released the movie with RiverRain Productions.
Personal Details
Timothy A. Chey is of Korean and Japanese ancestry. Chey attended Harvard Business School and Boston University School of Law, earning joint JD and MBA degrees. Chey also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and then studied cinema at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Chey is married to Susan F. Chey; the couple has two children. Chey’s height is 6’ 1½ ”.
Filmography
Gone
Jay Nelson (2012)
Slamma Jamma
(2017)
The Firing Squad
(2024)
Some Facts About Timothy A. Chey
Piracy: Timothy A. Chey’s film Suing the Devil was, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, one
of the most illegally downloaded movies of 2012.
Flyboy: Chey earned a pilot’s license at age 16.
Awards
Winner, Best Film—Audience Award, Urbanworld Film Festival Awards (1997).
