With 30 years of experience as a Cinematographer and Director of Photography, Thom Marini has had an interesting and varied career. While film and television production dominated his studies at the University of Miami and Ithaca College, Thom credits the exceptional filmmakers and crafts people he has worked with over the years for being his real mentors. As a cinematographer he has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as Ireland, Germany, the U.K., Mexico and the Caribbean. His assignments have been varied and range from award winning commercials for the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City and Las Vegas featuring Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, and Kenny Rogers; to filming Opel’s new car models on the company’s test tracks in Germany; to documenting the lives of the poor in the indigenous villages of Chiapas, Mexico. In addition to corporate films, TV spots and documentaries, he has acted as Director of Photography for three Independent Feature Films and performed 2nd Unit Photography for a fourth. Most recently Thom has joined Kodak’s “Stop By & Shoot Film” program as a teaching DP.

CREDITS:

● Commercials : Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Bausch & Lomb-Ray Ban Sunglasses, Hamilton Beach Appliances, Shamano Fishing Tackle, Sealy Mattresses, Wayne Dalton Overhead Doors, Dad’s Dog Food

● Corporate Clients: Eastman Kodak Company, DuPont, FMC, Heidelberg Digital, Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, Xerox, M&T Bank

● Documentary/Docudrama: “The White Cockade – The Final Cry for Freedom” (the story of the Scottish Rebellion of 1745 from a different perspective); “The Drive of 89 – Commemorating the statehood of Montana” (a re-enactment of the state’s last great cattle drive in 1889); “Listen to Your Heart” (a chronicle of the lives of the poor indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico and their struggle against oppression); ”Words on the Wind” (a film that blends the poems of contemporary Native American poets with music and the sights and sounds of the natural world)

● Independent Features (as Director of Photography): “Cheap Shots”, Directed by Jerry Stoeffas & Jeff Urleese, Twin Swan Productions; “My Dark Lady”, Directed by Fredrick Keller, West German Television; “Proud”, Directed by Mary Pat Kelly, based on her book “Proudly We Served; the Men of the USS Mason”, Tommy Hilfiger Entertainment

● 2nd Unit Photography: “Check Out”, Directed by Mark Foggetti, II Mark’s Production

AWARDS: CLIO, ADDYs, TELLYs and Cine Golden Eagle

Jae Wilson (Additional Videography)

Mara Ahmed shot all the footage in Pakistan.