Thomas David Schlamme is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin.
15 Facts About Thomas Schlamme
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Thomas Schlamme is known for his work as executive producer on The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as well as his work as director on Sports Night and The Americans.
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Thomas Schlamme is Jewish, and his family escaped Nazi Germany the week before the Kristallnacht.
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Thomas Schlamme is an executive producer of the American crime drama television series Snowfall which premiered on FX in July 2017.
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Thomas Schlamme made his feature film directing debut with Miss Firecracker in 1989, and later directed the 1993 comedy film So I Married an Axe Murderer, starring Mike Myers.
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Thomas Schlamme had previously directed the filming of Spalding Gray's monologue Terrors of Pleasure in 1987.
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Thomas Schlamme worked on the TV series Parenthood for NBC and Pan Am for ABC.
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Thomas Schlamme has directed multiple episodes of the 2014 series Manhattan.
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Thomas Schlamme would create the look of the shows, work with the other directors, discuss the scripts with Sorkin as soon as they were turned in, make design and casting decisions, and attend the budget meetings; Sorkin tended to stick strictly to writing.
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Thomas Schlamme directed the pilot episode and from then on served as the executive producer until 2003.
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Thomas Schlamme directed 14 episodes of The West Wing in addition to serving as executive producer.
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In early October 2005, a pilot script dubbed Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip for a new TV series, written by Sorkin and with Thomas Schlamme attached as producer, started circulating around Hollywood and generating interest on the web.
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Thomas Schlamme's direction is characterized by use of a technique called the "walk and talk": sequences consisting of single lengthy tracking shots involving multiple characters engaging in conversation as they move through the set.
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Thomas Schlamme is the step-brother of attorney Solomon Wisenberg, who was Ken Starr's deputy during the Impeachment of Bill Clinton and questioned the president during the grand jury interview.
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Thomas Schlamme is the uncle of producer Dylan K Massin, who produced 43 episodes of The West Wing, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and other television series.