Kirkman's feature film debut, Dear Jesse, was released theatrically by Cowboy Pictures in 1998.
A documentary film about the political and personal parallels between the gay filmmaker and the notoriously anti-gay U.S.
[1] The TV broadcast version of the film featured an interview with Matthew Shepard, a college student whose murder called attention to gay-bashing and hate crimes.
He also directed 2nd Serve, written by James Markert and starring Josh Hopkins, Cameron Monaghan, Alexie Gilmore, Sam McMurray, Guillermo Diaz, Kevin Sussman and Dash Mihok.
Kirkman most recent film, Lazy Eye, which he wrote, directed, and produced (with Todd Shotz) was released in 2016 and starts Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis and Michaela Watkins.