Director

Tommy Pallotta

Production

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 32233

IMDb ID: nm0657921

Known for: Production

Born: May 25, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1991 - 2023

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 7.06

Wikidata: Q778241

Also known as

Thomas Palloutashi

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Producer (4)Executive Producer (2)Technical Supervisor (1)

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Biography

Tommy Pallotta is a storyteller who creatively blends technology with filmmaking, animation, and interactivity. Microsoft Research recognized his penchant for innovation where he led a research team to create and design interactive, animated storytelling experiences. Pallotta also directed the first machinima music video, In the Waiting Line, and the rotoscoped MTV Breakthrough video Destiny, both for the band Zero 7. He has produced several short animated films that garnered numerous awards, including Snack and Drink, which is now part of a permanent collection in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Tommy first connected Richard Linklater with animation when he produced the award-winning feature film Waking Life. He followed up with Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. He then directed the Emmy-nominated transmedia thriller, Collapsus. Most recently he co-directed the feature documentary/ animation hybrid: Last Hijack. The interactive companion of Last Hijack won an International Digital Emmy Award.

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