Tommy Gormley

Tommy Gormley is a Scottish film director and producer. He is known for his work on the genres of action, drama and science fiction. Gormley has produced or served as assistant director on films such as Star Trek and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Tommy Gormley
Born
Thomas Matthew Gormley

(1968-05-03) 3 May 1968
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde (attended)
Occupation(s)Director, producer
Years active1989–present
Known forStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek (film)
Spouse
Sarah Purser
(m. 1995)
Children2
Parent
  • Charles Gormley (father)

He produced or co-produced a number of TV series, including Fringe. Gormley won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for outstanding contribution to craft at the 2014 British Academy Scotland Awards.

Early life

Thomas Matthew Gormley was born on 3 May 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland. The son of Charles Gormley, a Scottish film maker. He attended two schools, St Joseph's primary and St Columba of Iona. He enrolled in the University of Strathclyde.

Gormley credits his father Charles Gormley for inspiring him to get into the film industry.[1]

Career

Summary

Tommy Gormley has been the director of Fringe. And he also featured prominently as the position of Assistant director in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek Into Darkness, John Carter (film), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Super 8 (2011 film), The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) and 2012 (film). He is to be an Assistant director for Wonder Woman (2017 film).

Filmography

Films [2]

Year Film Producer Assistant Director Director Notes
1989 Wild Flowers (1982 film) Yes Third assistant director
1990 Lorna Doone (1990 film) Yes Third assistant director
1991 Riff-Raff (1991 film) Yes Third assistant director
1991 The Black Velvet Gown Yes Third assistant director
1991 The Black Candle Second assistant director
1993 Bad Behaviour (1993 film) Yes Second assistant director
1993 Raining Stones Yes First assistant director
1993 Screen One Yes First assistant director
2012 Fringe (TV series) Yes First assistant director
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Yes First assistant director
2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Yes First assistant director
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2017 Wonder Woman Yes Yes First assistant director
2018 The Cloverfield Paradox Second unit director
2018 Mission: Impossible Fallout Yes First assistant director
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Executive producer; First assistant director

References

  1. McIver, Brian (23 February 2013). "I was inspired by". Daily Record.
  2. "Tommy Gormley". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.


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