the tiger entertainment team
TOM WALLER - Managing Director
Born in Bangkok (b.04/04/74), but educated
in England, Tom has been working in the
film and television industry for over 14 years,
as a producer and director of films and TV.
He returned to Thailand with the
award-winning movie BUTTERFLY MAN
which he produced, starring Napakpapha
'Mamee' Nakprasitte, which was acquired
and released by GMM Grammy in 2003.
In 2004, he had the opportunity of working with
Oliver Stone on the production of ALEXANDER.
In 2005 he produced the urban ghost story NAK: RAK TAE WINYARN KWAM TAI (GHOST
OF MAE NAK) starring Pataratida 'Tang Mo' Pacharawirapong and Siwat Chotchaicharin, based on the famous Thai legend and released by Box Office Entertainment.
In 2006, he produced THE ELEPHANT KING with Thai supermodel Florence Faivre,
Pawalit 'Bank' Mongkolpisit and Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn, which premiered at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival in April.
He recently formed Tiger Entertainment to produce and direct for movies and television. In July 2006, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Thailand) Co. Ltd. selected Tom to direct the launch music video "El Nin-YO!" for pop queen Tata Young's new international album TEMPERATURE RISING. The iconic MV and song became an instant hit across SEAsia, staying at no.1 on MTV's video charts for several weeks and spawning numerous internet spoofs, tributes and parodies from fans.
In 2008 he produced SOI COWBOY, written and directed by Thomas Clay. The film was selected in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Then in 2009 he produced the romantic comedy THE PRINCE AND ME 4 for NuImage/Millennium Films. He is currently in production on MINDFULNESS AND MURDER, a murder mystery set in Bangkok due to b completed in 2010.
Selected credits:
BUTTERFLY MAN (2002) - Feature film (Producer)
One-2-Call FREEDOM (2002) - TVC (Production Supervisor)
GHOST OF MAE NAK (2005) - Feature film (Producer)
THE ELEPHANT KING (2006) - Feature film (Producer)
SHUFERSAL (2006) - TVC (Production Supervisor)
EL NINYO! (2006) - MV (Producer/Director)
SOI COWBOY (2008) - Feature film (Producer) Cannes - Un Certain Regard
BITTER/SWEET (2008) - Feature film (Line Producer)
SURVIVOR PHILIPPINES (2008) - TV series (Producer)
CREATION (2009) - Feature film (Line Producer - Thailand)
THE PRINCE AND ME 4 (2009) - Feature film (Producer)
MINDFULNESS AND MURDER (2010) - Feature film (Producer/Director)
GLORY DAYS (2010) - Feature film (Associate Producer)
Qualifications:
PGCert Audiovisual Production and Co-production (EAVE, Brussels)
MA/PG Dip Film Production (Northern School of Film and Television, UK)
