Tom Waller
Encyclopedia
Tom Waller is a film
director
and producer
.
Waller studied at Ampleforth College
, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
, and the Northern Film School in Leeds
, England
. Immediately upon graduating he founded production company De Warrenne Pictures Ltd. and secured funding to begin production on the film Monk Dawson
, his directorial debut, a story based on an award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read
. It was released in 1998 to critical success. He went on to produce the films Eviction (1999), Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), The Elephant King (2006) and Soi Cowboy (2008) which was selected in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. His second directorial feature was Mindfulness and Murder (2010), a Thai language murder mystery based on the novel of the same name by Nick Wilgus.
In 2006, he directed the no. 1 hit music video El Nin-YO! for Thai American superstar Tata Young
.
His father is Jocelyn Severyn de Warrenne Waller, and mother is Nilawan Charmornman (Proprietor and Managing Director of P.K. Northern Export Company, Ltd.) His brother, Edward de Warrenne Waller, was killed in the 2002 Bali bombing
. He has two sons, Alexander Jocelyn de Warrenne Waller, who was born on October 3, 2004 and William Edward de Warrenne Waller who was born on May 29, 2007.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
.
Waller studied at Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest Roman Catholic co-educational boarding independent school in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1802, as a boys' school, and is run by the Benedictine monks and lay staff of Ampleforth Abbey...
, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne is a university sector college innovating in digital media and design, with a vocationally focused portfolio of courses, spanning fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music...
, and the Northern Film School in Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Immediately upon graduating he founded production company De Warrenne Pictures Ltd. and secured funding to begin production on the film Monk Dawson
Monk Dawson
Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Rhona Mitra and Paula Hamilton...
, his directorial debut, a story based on an award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read
Piers Paul Read
Piers Paul Read, FRSL is a British novelist and non-fiction writer.-Background:Read was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire...
. It was released in 1998 to critical success. He went on to produce the films Eviction (1999), Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), The Elephant King (2006) and Soi Cowboy (2008) which was selected in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. His second directorial feature was Mindfulness and Murder (2010), a Thai language murder mystery based on the novel of the same name by Nick Wilgus.
In 2006, he directed the no. 1 hit music video El Nin-YO! for Thai American superstar Tata Young
Tata Young
Amita Marie Young , better known under her stage name Tata Young, is a Thai singer, model actress and dancer....
.
His father is Jocelyn Severyn de Warrenne Waller, and mother is Nilawan Charmornman (Proprietor and Managing Director of P.K. Northern Export Company, Ltd.) His brother, Edward de Warrenne Waller, was killed in the 2002 Bali bombing
2002 Bali bombing
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was claimed as the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia according to the current police general, killing 202 people,...
. He has two sons, Alexander Jocelyn de Warrenne Waller, who was born on October 3, 2004 and William Edward de Warrenne Waller who was born on May 29, 2007.