Tommy Pallotta

Born: 1968-05-25

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.


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Slacker

as Looking for Missing Friend
Released: 1991-07-05

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to...

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Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

as Self - Friend
Released: 2016-08-05

Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled...

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American Prince

as Self - Interviewer
Released: 2009-03-01

After being forgotten for 30 years, the filmmaker revisits Scorsese's lost documentary 'American...

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One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

as Self
Released: 2006-12-19

A unique documentary that interlaces archival interviews with author Philip K. Dick with chats...

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More Human Than Human

as Self
Released: 2018-03-10

Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence will be “either...

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