Tommy Gormley
{{Short description|Scottish film director and producer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tommy Gormley
| birth_name = Thomas Matthew Gormley
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| occupation = Director, producer
| years_active = 1989–present
| children = 2
| father = Charles Gormley
| alma mater = University of Strathclyde (attended)
| spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Purser|1995}}
| known for = Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek (2009 film)
}}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.
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/movies/movie-news/tommy-gormley-inspiration-career-1725619|title=I was inspired by|last=McIver|first=Brian|date=February 23, 2013|website=Daily Record|access-date=}}
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, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Super 8, The Phantom of the Opera and 2012. He is to be an assistant director for Wonder Woman.
Filmography
= Films <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb3fbaeb9|title=Tommy Gormley|last=|first=|date=|website=BFI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310055850/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb3fbaeb9|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2017|access-date=}}</ref>=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Film !Producer !Assistant Director !Director !Notes |
| 1989
| |Yes | |Third assistant director |
| 1990
| |Yes | |Third assistant director |
| 1991
| |Yes | |Third assistant director |
| 1991
| |Yes | |Third assistant director |
| 1991
| | | |Second assistant director |
| 1993
| |Yes | |Second assistant director |
| 1993
| |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 1993
| |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 2012
| | |Yes |First assistant director |
| 2013
| |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 2015
|Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 2015
| | | | |
| 2017
|Yes |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 2018
| | | |Second unit director |
| 2018
|Mission: Impossible – Fallout | |Yes | |First assistant director |
| 2019
|Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | | | |Executive producer; First assistant director |
| 2020
| | | |First assistant director: additional photography |
| 2023
|''Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning | | | |Executive producer, first assistant director |
| 2024
| | | |Co-executive producer, first assistant director |
| 2024
| | | |Executive producer |
| 2025
|Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | | | |Executive producer, first assistant director |
References
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- [https://variety.com/2014/artisans/awards/j-j-abrams-congratulates-first-ad-tommy-gormley-for-bafta-award-1201358167/ J.J. Abrams congratulates first A.D. Tommy Gormley for BAFTA award], Variety, November 17, 2014. Accessed June 22, 2016.
- [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/movies/movie-news/tommy-gormley-inspiration-career-1725619#pljim4DjooTPO5be.97 I was inspired by JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg, says Scots film director Tommy Gormley] by Brian McIver, Glasgow Herald, February 23, 2013. Accessed June 22, 2016.
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Category:Scottish film directors
Category:Scottish film producers
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