Tom Waller

Tom Waller (born 4 April 1974 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a film director and producer.

Waller founded the production company De Warrenne Pictures Ltd and secured funding to begin production on the film Monk Dawson (1998), his directorial debut, a story based on an award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read. He went on to produce the films Eviction (1999), Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), The Elephant King (2006) and Soi Cowboy (2008) which was selected in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.^[1] His second directorial feature was Mindfulness and Murder^[2] (2010), a Thai language murder mystery based on the novel of the same name by Nick Wilgus.

In 2006, he directed the music video for Thai singer, Tata Young.

Waller has also served as producer on three feature titles for the US studio Millennium Films; The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010), Elephant White (2011) and (2013).

In 2016, he won best director award in Dhaka International Film Festival.

In 2018, it was announced that Waller was to direct an independent film about the Tham Luang cave rescue, yet to be released.^[3] ^[4] The film is titled The Cave (original Thai title: Nang Non) and was played at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival and the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ "SOI COWBOY". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Edwards, Russell (14 May 2011). "Review: 'Mindfulness and Murder'". Variety. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ "Thai Cave Rescue Movie 'The Cave' to be Directed by Tom Waller". slashfilm.com. 9 September 2018.
^ "Diving into the cave". bangkokpost.com. 12 January 2019.
^ "The Cave [programme note]". Vancouver International Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ Elizabeth Kerr (7 October 2019). "'The Cave' ('Nang Non'): Film Review, Busan 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ Asaree Thaitrakulpanich (4 September 2019). "'The Cave' to Spelunk Thai Theaters Nov. 28". Khaosod English. Retrieved 8 October 2019.