Thomas Schlamme

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AKA: Thomas David Schlamme, Tommy Schlamme
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 05/22/1950
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

biography

One of the top TV directors since the mid-1980s, Thomas Schlamme functions equally well in sitcoms or dramas, sacrificing plot for yucks in the former while relishing the more complex lighting and camera angles required by the latter. Over the years, he has developed an easily identified kinetic style and cinema verite quality, perhaps best exemplified by his Emmy-nominated direction of "Ambush", the live episode kicking off the 1997-1998 season of NBC's medical drama "ER".

After relocating to NYC from his native Houston, Schlamme worked his way up from messenger to editor and finally director Continued

Credits

Life on Mars
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Out Here in the Fields
Director
2008
Out Here in the Fields
Executive Producer
2008
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
(TV Show)
2006-2007
What Kind Of Day Has It Been
Executive Producer
2007
K&R (Part 3)
Executive Producer
2007
K&R (Part 2)
Executive Producer
2007
K&R (Part 1)
Executive Producer
2007
Breaking News
Executive Producer
2007
The Disaster Show
Director
2007
The Disaster Show
Executive Producer
2007
4 a.m. Miracle
Executive Producer
2007
The Friday Night Slaughter
Director
2007
The Friday Night Slaughter
Executive Producer
2007
The Harriet Dinner, Part 2
Executive Producer
2007
The Harriet Dinner, Part 1
Executive Producer
2007
Monday
Executive Producer
2007
The Christmas Show
Executive Producer
2006
B-12
Executive Producer
2006
The Option Period
Executive Producer
2006
Nevada Day, Part 2
Executive Producer
2006
Nevada Day Part 1
Executive Producer
2006
The Wrap Party
Executive Producer
2006
The Long Lead Story
Executive Producer
2006
The West Coast Delay
Executive Producer
2006
The Focus Group
Executive Producer
2006
The Cold Open
Director
2006
The Cold Open
Executive Producer
2006
Pilot
Director
2006
Pilot
Executive Producer
2006
+(21 More)
Invasion
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Unnatural Selection
Director
2005
Alpha Male
Executive Producer
2005
Pilot
Director
2005
Pilot
Executive Producer
2005
Jack & Bobby
(TV Show)
2004-2005
Legacy
Executive Producer
2005
Stand by Me
Executive Producer
2005
Under the Influence
Executive Producer
2005
A Child of God
Executive Producer
2005
Friends with Benefits
Executive Producer
2005
Querida Grace
Executive Producer
2005
And Justice for All
Executive Producer
2005
Time Out of Life
Executive Producer
2005
Into the Woods
Executive Producer
2005
A New Frontier
Executive Producer
2005
Running Scared
Executive Producer
2005
Today I Am a Man
Executive Producer
2004
Lost Boys
Executive Producer
2004
Chess Lessons
Executive Producer
2004
Election Night
Executive Producer
2004
Valentino
Executive Producer
2004
An Innocent Man
Director
2004
An Innocent Man
Executive Producer
2004
The First Lady
Executive Producer
2004
A Man of Faith
Executive Producer
2004
The Kindness of Strangers
Executive Producer
2004
Better Days
Executive Producer
2004
Pilot
Executive Producer
2004
+(18 More)
The West Wing
(TV Show)
1999-2003
The Dogs of War
Consulting Producer
2003
7A WF 83429
Consulting Producer
2003
Holy Night
Director
2002
We Killed Yamamoto
Director
2002
Bartlet For America
Director
2001
Manchester (Part 2)
Director
2001
Manchester (Part 1)
Director
2001
Two Cathedrals
Director
2001
Noel
Director
2000
In The Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part 1)
Director
2000
In The Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part 2)
Director
2000
What Kind of Day Has It Been?
Director
2000
Take This Sabbath Day
Director
2000
The State Dinner
Director
1999
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Director
1999
Pilot
Director
1999
+(11 More)
Sports Night
(TV Show)
1998-2000
Quo Vadimus
Director
2000
Special Powers
Director
1999
The Hungry and the Hunted
Director
1998
The Apology
Director
1998
Pilot
Director
1998
ER
(TV Show)
1995-1997
Ambush
Director
1997
The Match Game
Director
1996
The Secret Sharer
Director
1995
Friends
(TV Show)
1996-1996
The One With The Lesbian Wedding
Director
1996
The One With Russ
Director
1996
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Director
1993
Miss Firecracker
Director
You So Crazy
Director

milestones

Year
Milestone
1973 
Moved from native Houston to NYC
 
Started as a messenger for Perpetual Motion, an animation company, and worked up to becoming live-action film editor and later director of television commercials for clients like Hawaiian Punch, Michelin Tires and Harlequin Books; also directed short films for NBC Sports, NBC's "Weekend" and ABC's "That Thing"
1980 
Formed Schlamme Productions, a commercial production company, producing campaigns for the theatrical productions "Cats", "You Can't Take It With You", "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Greater Tuna"
1984 
Executive produced and directed first TV special, "Bette Midler: Art or Bust!", an HBO concert film; credited as Thomas D Schlamme
1984 
Directed specials featuring various diverse entertainers including Whoopi Goldberg, Spalding Gray, Robert Klein, Gilbert Gottfried, Rowan Atkinson, and John Leguizamo
Continued

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