Thomas E. Blessing IV is an independent film and television producer and project manager from Yellow Springs, Ohio. He is known for his role as a production manager (line-producer) on the television series pilot ''

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'' (1996),">"Loveline" (1996) – Full cast and crew
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and co-producing the experimental feature film ''Irish Whiskey'' (1997). He co-produced the award-winning documentary film '' The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'' (2006). Since September 2006 he has managed and developed musical touring acts including

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, The Werks,

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and others. Blessing co-created The Werk Out Music and Arts Festival (2010-2012) and manages live events such as Hookahville Music Festival, a popular event that has been produced twice a year since 1992 in Ohio and founded by the band Əkoostik hookah. Blessing consults, develops and manages talent and project-oriented business endeavors for entertainment and education through the company he and attorney Nathan J. Elter founded in 1997, AlchemyHouse Productions, Inc., based in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California. The "co-operation" strives to provide access bridges and knowledge to new and existing talent and markets by integrating

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models on projects. Blessing is a technical production consultant, cinematic and still photographer. The grandson of a "Black March" survivor and

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(

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); his father, Thomas E. Blessing III, is a past Greene County, Ohio, Commissioner and stockbroker; Blessing's mother, Jane, a lifelong school teacher. He grew up in rural Ohio, and graduated from

Antioch University Midwest The now-closed Antioch University Midwest (AUM) was a private institution of higher education serving adult students in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Previously the school was named "Antioch University McGregor" after the management professor and theoris ...

; earning a B.A. in the

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and management majors and later received an M.A. in the team-based management program.

Partial filmography

* ''The 52nd Annual

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Awards'' (1995) (TV) * ''31st

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Awards'' (1995) (TV) * '' SeaWorld

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Party for the Planet'' (1995) (TV) * ''

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Stars Across America'' (1995) (TV) * ''

"" Pilot Episode (1996) (TV) * '' Irish Whiskey'' (1997) * '' The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'' (2006)The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006) – Green Planet Films
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References

External links

Official websiteOfficial BoomBox websiteAntioch University McGregorBeyond Theory Y
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