Tom Provost

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Height:

183 cm

After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin's prestigious Plan II honors program, with emphases in both English Literature and Film, Provost moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career where he landed several parts in film and TV, including a recurring role on Steven Spielberg's SeaQuest DSV. Tired of also waiting tables, Provost then took up editing, learning the Avid system just as non-linear editing was beginning to explode. After editing shorts and a couple of features, he worked for several years cutting and producing award-winning promos for the WB and Bravo Television Networks. He also has worked frequently editing reality TV on shows such as The Celebrity Apprentice (Emmy Nomination), Top Chef and The Bachelor.During this time, Provost was hired to adapt a script for Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman's production company, Revelations, a screenplay eventually made into the film Under Suspicion starring Freeman and Academy Award Winner Gene Hackman. The screenplay was nominated for an Edgar Award. Provost also works as a script doctor, where his ability to shape story has been highly prized.Provost's feature directorial debut was The Presence. He wrote the film as well and is one of the producers. After winning various awards on the festival circuit including Best Picture and Best Director, Lionsgate picked up the movie for a 2011 release.Provost also teaches a very popular series of classes on filmmaking called Cinema Language: The Art Of Storytelling. Show less «

Anyone working in movies has influences. I certainly have quite a few. Spielberg and DePalma, for instance, both had an enormous effect on m...Show more »

Anyone working in movies has influences. I certainly have quite a few. Spielberg and DePalma, for instance, both had an enormous effect on me when I was younger. While I'd loved movies all my life, it was after seeing Jaws, Close Encounters and, particularly, Dressed to Kill that I started to become aware of the camera, of film grammar (English was already my favorite subject so this was not a huge leap) and the other ways these storytellers went about their craft. Spielberg continues to be an influence, of course, the guy continually blows my mind. And there are many other directors who have had an effect, from Hitchcock to Nolan, Wyler to Nichols, Hawkes to Polanski, David Lean. My biggest influence, though, is Alan J. Pakula. Show less «

My favorite movie is The Godfather so I named my production company after that movie. 'Khartoum' is the name of the horse. Yes, I named my c...Show more »

My favorite movie is The Godfather so I named my production company after that movie. 'Khartoum' is the name of the horse. Yes, I named my company after a headless horse. Make of it what you will. Show less «

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There is something that happens on a movie set, an intangible magic, that helps create a great work of art, whether the most talented people in the world are working on it, or people who don't know what they are doing. It just happens. Show less «