Thyrone Tommy
Thyrone Tommy | |
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Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
Years active | 2016–present |
Works | Learn to Swim |
Thyrone Tommy is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. After writing and directing the short film Mariner (2016), Tommy received acclaim for his work on the feature film Learn to Swim (2021), both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2]
In 2023, he received a
Career
Tommy first attracted acclaim for his short film Mariner, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films in 2016,[1] and was the winner of the Lindalee Tracey Award in 2017.[4]
Tommy is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's film program, graduating in 2017.[5]
Tommy's debut feature film,
Tommy's short film, Draft Day, was also screened at TIFF as part of NBA Films for Fans, a special event program of five Canadian short films about basketball.[10]
Tommy received a
In 2024 he was named as the recipient of the Company 3 TFCA Luminary Award's "pay it forward" grant, selected by representatives of the estate of film director Charles Officer.[11]
References
- ^ a b "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". CBC News, December 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Rebecca Rubin, "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup". Variety, July 28, 2021.
- ^ a b Noel Ransome (February 22, 2023). "Clement Virgo and Bilal Baig on being among leading Canadian Screen Awards nominees". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press.
- Point of View, May 5, 2017.
- ^ Regan Reid, "CFC names film program residents". Playback, July 7, 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2021, Day 3: Don't let Learn To Swim be drowned out by bigger pictures". Now, September 11, 2021.
- ^ "TV & Film News – DGC reveals Discovery Award long list of emerging directors to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 23, 2021.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021". Now, December 6, 2021.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (2022-08-02). "Ava DuVernay's Array Releasing Acquires Thyrone Tommy's Feature Directorial Debut 'Learn To Swim'". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- Complex, September 21, 2021.
- Point of View.
External links
- Thyrone Tommy at IMDb