Tommy Pallotta
Known for

Production

Credits

19

Gender

Man

Birthday

May 25, 1968 (56)

Place of birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Also known as
Thomas Palloutashi

Tommy Pallotta

Biography

Tommy Pallotta is a storyteller who creatively blends technology with filmmaking, animation, and interactivity. Microsoft Research recognized his penchant for innovation where he led a research team to create and design interactive, animated storytelling experiences. Pallotta also directed the first machinima music video, In the Waiting Line, and the rotoscoped MTV Breakthrough video Destiny, both for the band Zero 7. He has produced several short animated films that garnered numerous awards, including Snack and Drink, which is now part of a permanent collection in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Tommy first connected Richard Linklater with animation when he produced the award-winning feature film Waking Life. He followed up with Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. He then directed the Emmy-nominated transmedia thriller, Collapsus. Most recently he co-directed the feature documentary/ animation hybrid: Last Hijack. The interactive companion of Last Hijack won an International Digital Emmy Award.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2018More Human Than HumanSelf
2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf - Friend
2009American PrinceSelf - Interviewer
2006One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'Self
1991SlackerLooking for Missing Friend
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023The Last Ecstatic DaysExecutive Producer
2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age ChildhoodProducer
2019UndoneExecutive Producer
2018More Human Than HumanDirector
2018More Human Than HumanProducer
2018More Human Than HumanWriter
2016Snack And DrinkProducer
2014Last HijackDirector
2014Last HijackWriter
2009American PrinceDirector
2006A Scanner DarklyProducer
2001Waking LifeProducer
2001Waking LifeDirector of Photography
2001TapeTechnical Supervisor