Thomas Albert Bliss (born December 13, 1952) is an American motion picture producer and executive producer. He is a founding partner at

Strike Entertainment Strike Entertainment was an American production company founded in 2002 by Marc Abraham, Thomas Bliss and Eric Newman. Strike's films are distributed through Universal Studios as well as various other majors. Its first film produced was ''The ...

. From 1984 to the present, Bliss has been credited with producing more than 30 productions (including '' The Hurricane'' and ''

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Biography

Bliss attended

UCLA Film School The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...

(1975), later returning to

UCLA School of Law The UCLA School of Law is one of 12 professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Law has been consistently ranked by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as one of the top 20 law schools in the United States since the inception ...

for law school (

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, 1982). He was admitted to The

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in 1983. Bliss is a graduate of

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merge ...

Producers Training Plan. Bliss is a member of the Board of Trustees of the

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, the Board of Trustees of the

–

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, California, that represents over 350 American television and film production companies in collective bargaining negotiations with entert ...

Training Program, the Board of Trustees of

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, and the Board of Trustees of the Fund for Wild Nature. He is a member of the

and the

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Accolades

Bliss has been honored with a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

, two

CableACE Award The CableACE Award (earlier known as the ACE Awards; ACE was an acronym for "Award for Cable Excellence") is a defunct award that was given by what was then the National Cable Television Association from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in Amer ...

s, and an

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Humanities Service Medal.

Select filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

;Second unit director or assistant director ;Production manager ;Miscellaneous crew ;Thanks

Television

;Second unit director or assistant director ;Production manager

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bliss, Thomas 1952 births Film producers from California Living people UCLA Film School alumni UCLA School of Law alumni People from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles