Tom Waller (born Thomas de Warrenne Waller on April 4, 1974 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a film director and producer. Waller studied at Ampleforth College, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, and the Northern Film School in Leeds, England. Immediately upon graduating he founded production company De Warrenne Pictures Ltd. and secured funding to begin production on the film Monk Dawson, a story based on an award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read. It was released in 1998 to critical success. He went on to produce the films Eviction (1999), Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), and The Elephant King (2006).[1] In 2006, he directed the no. 1 hit music video El Nin-YO![2] for Thai American superstar Tata Young. His father is Jocelyn Severyn de Warrenne Waller, and mother is Nilawan Charmornman (Proprietor and Managing Director of P.K. Northern Export Company, Ltd.[3]) His brother, Edward de Warrenne Waller[4], was killed in the 2002 Bali bombing. He has a son, Alexander Jocelyn de Warrenne Waller, who was born on October 3, 2004.[5]
References
- ^ Internet Movie Database: Tom Waller
- ^ Tiger Entertainment
- ^ Piklik, division of P.K. Northern Export Company, Ltd.
- ^ Ed Waller tribute
- ^ Descendents of George Waller & Elizabeth Studdert
