It won the Audience Choice Award at the Damah Film Festival,[2] in addition to securing a distribution deal which launched his writing and directing career.
Cricle, a dark thriller featuring Silas Weir Mitchell, Gail O'Grady, and America Olivo, premiered on Showtime, receiving both domestic and foreign distribution deals during the Cannes Film Festival.
Tiemann directed two seasons of the groundbreaking documentary series, which resulted in a front-page article in The New York Times[8] and an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
In 2014 Tiemann produced another inspirational feature documentary, Drop In,[14] that followed paraplegic Jeremy McGhee on dangerous and exciting adventures teaching us that nothing should stop anyone from realizing their goals.
Tiemann, along with its founder and former president of National Geographic Network, Howard T Owens, helped with the inception of the company in addition to building its development slate.
[19] Tiemann, along with founder and CEO Dave Lingwood, former star of MTV's The Buried Life, aim to create demographic-specific content, targeted at the Gen-Z and Millennial generations.
[citation needed] His most notable music video Is It Over by Thievery Corporation, starred Jason Thompson, Julie Marie Berman, and Lil Buck.
In October 2010, The Buried Life set the record for the largest roulette spin in Vegas history placing a bet of $250,000 on black at The Golden Gate Casino.
In 2010, Tiemann joined The Buried Life as they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where they helped a young girl conquer her fear of heights.