Thomas Edward Seymour
Encyclopedia
Thomas Edward Seymour is an American
filmmaker, composer
, singer-songwriter
and actor
.
Thomas Edward Seymour is considered one of the Top Twenty Contemporary Underground Filmmakers in the U.S., according to the book The History of Independent Cinema (published in 2009) This "Top Underground" status has been echoed several times (ABC news interview in 2010, an article in the New Haven Advocate 2010 and on the web series Frames Per Second in 2011 to name a few). Seymour has won to date 15 awards from film festivals such as Bare Bones, New York B-movie Awards, Silk City, New Haven Underground, Accolade, Maverick Awards and others. He has been interviewed and reviewed everywhere from NPR to the New York Times. Seymour is a director for Hale Manor Productions, Bloodbath Pictures and the former Black20 Studios. He is the creator of the popular internet web series Black20: Trailer Park (Seen on G4 TV, IGN, YouTube). Seymour's online video content has reached approximately 25,000,000 online views (according to youtube.com, black20.com, IGN.com and others view counts). In 2008 Thomas along with the rest of the Black20 comedy troop were voted the first "The King's of Dot Comedy" by "Attack of the Show" on G4TV. With Jon Gorman of Bloodbath Pictures Thomas directed the feature film Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast starring Ellen Muth (Dead Like Me Showtime series) in 2011. He also co-created the Bikini Bloodbath
Trilogy, a comedy horror film series starring Debbie Rochon
, Lloyd Kaufman
and Playboy
Model Rachael Robbins. In 2010 Bikini Bloodbath Carwash was named the "#1 Ridiculous(ly Awesome) Horror Movie Titles of all time by By Mark H. Harris, About.com Guide. At Hale Manor Productions, he starred in and directed such films as London Betty (Released on Maverick Entertainment's Platinum label in 2010), starring Daniel Von Bargen from Seinfeld
and Malcolm in the Middle
, Broadway actress Nicole Lewis (Tony Award-winning musicals Hair and Rent), and narrated by Clint Howard
. London Betty also made the list of "Top Films of the Year" on Moviesmademe.com in 2009. He also directed the York Entertainment DVD release Bestseller Land of College Prophets
and Everything Moves Alone
, which had a New York Theatrical run in 2001. Some of his higher profile acting performances include A New Wave
(starring John Krasinski
), Being Michael Madsen
(starring Michael Madsen
, Virginia Madsen
and David Carradine
), the Web-Emmy nominated Hulu series Net_Work as the character "Tom: The Coolest Guy in The Office" and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the "Easter Bunny Hates You" digital video. He also composed the scores for the independent films such as Everything Moves Alone
, Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
, and Land of College Prophets
. While he acts, directs and writes scripts, he is also a solo artist. His first album, U.S. Export was released by Sling Slang Records
in 2004 to positive reviews.
United States
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filmmaker, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Thomas Edward Seymour is considered one of the Top Twenty Contemporary Underground Filmmakers in the U.S., according to the book The History of Independent Cinema (published in 2009) This "Top Underground" status has been echoed several times (ABC news interview in 2010, an article in the New Haven Advocate 2010 and on the web series Frames Per Second in 2011 to name a few). Seymour has won to date 15 awards from film festivals such as Bare Bones, New York B-movie Awards, Silk City, New Haven Underground, Accolade, Maverick Awards and others. He has been interviewed and reviewed everywhere from NPR to the New York Times. Seymour is a director for Hale Manor Productions, Bloodbath Pictures and the former Black20 Studios. He is the creator of the popular internet web series Black20: Trailer Park (Seen on G4 TV, IGN, YouTube). Seymour's online video content has reached approximately 25,000,000 online views (according to youtube.com, black20.com, IGN.com and others view counts). In 2008 Thomas along with the rest of the Black20 comedy troop were voted the first "The King's of Dot Comedy" by "Attack of the Show" on G4TV. With Jon Gorman of Bloodbath Pictures Thomas directed the feature film Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast starring Ellen Muth (Dead Like Me Showtime series) in 2011. He also co-created the Bikini Bloodbath
Bikini Bloodbath
Bikini Bloodbath is a 2007 comedy film that parodies the horror-slasher movies of the 1980s. Written and directed by Thomas Edward Seymour and Jonathan Gorman, the film focuses on a high school girls’ volleyball team that plans to host an end-of-semester party...
Trilogy, a comedy horror film series starring Debbie Rochon
Debbie Rochon
Debbie Rochon is a Canadian B-movie actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in Troma films.-Biography:...
, Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. With producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, including The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet. Kaufman also serves as...
and Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
Model Rachael Robbins. In 2010 Bikini Bloodbath Carwash was named the "#1 Ridiculous(ly Awesome) Horror Movie Titles of all time by By Mark H. Harris, About.com Guide. At Hale Manor Productions, he starred in and directed such films as London Betty (Released on Maverick Entertainment's Platinum label in 2010), starring Daniel Von Bargen from Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
and Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
, Broadway actress Nicole Lewis (Tony Award-winning musicals Hair and Rent), and narrated by Clint Howard
Clint Howard
Clinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard...
. London Betty also made the list of "Top Films of the Year" on Moviesmademe.com in 2009. He also directed the York Entertainment DVD release Bestseller Land of College Prophets
Land of College Prophets
The Land of College Prophets is a 2005 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour...
and Everything Moves Alone
Everything Moves Alone
Everything Moves Alone is a 2001 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour. The film follows the journey of a suicidal ex-soldier named Scotch who tracks down his estranged...
, which had a New York Theatrical run in 2001. Some of his higher profile acting performances include A New Wave
A New Wave
-Plot:A would-be artist is working in a dead end job as a bank teller. At the urging of his movie-obsessed slacker roommate , he agrees to be the inside man for a bank heist. While the heist plans are coordinated, the artist’s girlfriend arranges for him to have his first gallery exhibition...
(starring John Krasinski
John Krasinski
John Burke Krasinski is an American actor, film director, and writer. He is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office...
), Being Michael Madsen
Being Michael Madsen
Being Michael Madsen is a 2007 comedy film directed by Michael Mongillo and produced by Daniel A. Sherkow. The film takes a mockumentary approach in re-imagining actor Michael Madsen as a paparazzi-hounded movie star who hatches a revenge scheme against a tabloid journalist...
(starring Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen
Michael Søren Madsen is an American actor, poet, and photographer. He has appeared in more than 150 films, most of them small independent films, though he has starred in central roles in such films as Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and Kill Bill, in addition to a supporting role in Sin...
, Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen is an American actress and documentary film producer. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience...
and David Carradine
David Carradine
David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...
), the Web-Emmy nominated Hulu series Net_Work as the character "Tom: The Coolest Guy in The Office" and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the "Easter Bunny Hates You" digital video. He also composed the scores for the independent films such as Everything Moves Alone
Everything Moves Alone
Everything Moves Alone is a 2001 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour. The film follows the journey of a suicidal ex-soldier named Scotch who tracks down his estranged...
, Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor is a 2000 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour...
, and Land of College Prophets
Land of College Prophets
The Land of College Prophets is a 2005 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour...
. While he acts, directs and writes scripts, he is also a solo artist. His first album, U.S. Export was released by Sling Slang Records
Sling Slang Records
Sling Slang Records is an indie record label based out of Southington, Connecticut. It produces CDs and New England-based concerts, and its most prominent artists include Thomas Edward Seymour and David James, Poor Pluto, Port Wine Authority, and Adrenaline. They also have 2 division labels: 10...
in 2004 to positive reviews.
Filmography
- Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
- A New WaveA New Wave-Plot:A would-be artist is working in a dead end job as a bank teller. At the urging of his movie-obsessed slacker roommate , he agrees to be the inside man for a bank heist. While the heist plans are coordinated, the artist’s girlfriend arranges for him to have his first gallery exhibition...
- Being Michael MadsenBeing Michael MadsenBeing Michael Madsen is a 2007 comedy film directed by Michael Mongillo and produced by Daniel A. Sherkow. The film takes a mockumentary approach in re-imagining actor Michael Madsen as a paparazzi-hounded movie star who hatches a revenge scheme against a tabloid journalist...
- London BettyLondon BettyLondon Betty is a 2009 American comedy/adventure film directed and written by Thomas Edward Seymour. The film includes performances by Nicole Lewis, Daniel von Bargen, Russ Russo, and director Seymour, as well as narration by Clint Howard...
- Bikini BloodbathBikini BloodbathBikini Bloodbath is a 2007 comedy film that parodies the horror-slasher movies of the 1980s. Written and directed by Thomas Edward Seymour and Jonathan Gorman, the film focuses on a high school girls’ volleyball team that plans to host an end-of-semester party...
- Land of College ProphetsLand of College ProphetsThe Land of College Prophets is a 2005 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour...
- Raise Your VoiceRaise Your VoiceRaise Your Voice is a 2004 American teen musical drama film directed by Sean McNamara-Plot:Terri Fletcher , a teenager with a passion for singing, has been accepted into a music program in Los Angeles to compete for a $10,000 scholarship shortly after her brother Paul 's tragic death in a car crash...
- The 1 Second FilmThe 1 Second FilmThe 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative art project being created by thousands of people around the world, including many celebrities....
- Everything Moves AloneEverything Moves AloneEverything Moves Alone is a 2001 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour. The film follows the journey of a suicidal ex-soldier named Scotch who tracks down his estranged...
- Bikini Bloodbath Car WashBikini BloodbathBikini Bloodbath is a 2007 comedy film that parodies the horror-slasher movies of the 1980s. Written and directed by Thomas Edward Seymour and Jonathan Gorman, the film focuses on a high school girls’ volleyball team that plans to host an end-of-semester party...
- Bikini Bloodbath ChristmasBikini BloodbathBikini Bloodbath is a 2007 comedy film that parodies the horror-slasher movies of the 1980s. Written and directed by Thomas Edward Seymour and Jonathan Gorman, the film focuses on a high school girls’ volleyball team that plans to host an end-of-semester party...
- The WindThe WindThe Wind is a 1928 American dramatic silent film directed by Victor Sjöström. The movie was adapted by Frances Marion from the novel The Wind written by Dorothy Scarborough. It features Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, and others...
- Attack of the Show
Discography
- U.S. Export 2003 (Sling Slang RecordsSling Slang RecordsSling Slang Records is an indie record label based out of Southington, Connecticut. It produces CDs and New England-based concerts, and its most prominent artists include Thomas Edward Seymour and David James, Poor Pluto, Port Wine Authority, and Adrenaline. They also have 2 division labels: 10...
) - Sky from the Mine 2011 (Hale Manor Productions)
External links
- “Interview (Where we Live) with Thomas Edward Seymour,” NPR, September 21, 2008
- “Plainville filmaker garners praise,” New Britain Herald, September 21, 2008
- Interview with the Hartford Courant on the making of London Betty
- “The Knights who say BIKINI: An Interview with Thomas Edward Seymour,” DVD Town, Dec 1, 2008
- MSN Movies
- U.S. Export at Sling Slang Records