Timothy Calpin, Jr. (born 1979) is an American screenwriter best known for writing the 2009 film Assassination of a High School President.
[1] After leaving college, he relocated to New York City where he worked mainly as a production assistant on commercials and short films, he moved to Los Angeles, California in November 2003 after getting an agent.
[1] In Los Angeles, he met Kevin Jakubowski, who helped him get a job on the television comedy series South Park for two seasons, first as a production assistant and later as a personal assistant to executive producer Anne Garefino.
[1] Working on South Park, Calpin says he and Jakubowski "picked up plenty" from watching Trey Parker and Matt Stone and the other staff writers at work, and the pair realized that they shared similar writing styles and "comedic sensibilities".
[1] The pair first wrote and collaborated on Your Ex-Girlfriend's Cat, which was optioned by Rogue Pictures but has still not been greenlighted.