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Tommy Pallotta (b. 1968)

Alias:
Thomas Palloutashi

Birthplace:
Houston, Texas, USA

Born:
May 25, 1968

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2018  More Human Than Human

Director of Photography:
2001  Waking Life
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2018  More Human Than Human

Executive Producer:
2001  Waking Life
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2018  More Human Than Human
2023  The Last Ecstatic Days

Producer:
2001  Waking Life
2006  A Scanner Darkly
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2016  Snack And Drink
2018  More Human Than Human
2022  Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2023  The Last Ecstatic Days

Technical Supervisor:
2001  Tape
2001  Waking Life
2006  A Scanner Darkly
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2016  Snack And Drink
2018  More Human Than Human
2022  Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2023  The Last Ecstatic Days

Writer:
2001  Tape
2001  Waking Life
2006  A Scanner Darkly
2009  American Prince
2014  Last Hijack
2016  Snack And Drink
2018  More Human Than Human
2022  Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2023  The Last Ecstatic Days

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
2019  Undone

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