Tom Luddy (born 1943) is an American
film producer and the co-founder of the
Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado during Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 49th edition took place on September 2 -6, 2022.
History
First held on 30 August 1974, t ...
.
He has a longtime association with the production company
American Zoetrope
American Zoetrope (also known as Omni Zoetrope from 1977 to 1980 and Zoetrope Studios from 1980 until 1990) is a privately run American film production company, centered in San Francisco, California and founded by Francis Ford Coppola and Georg ...
. He has been a member of the jury at the
11th Moscow International Film Festival
The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film ''Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...
,
the
38th Berlin International Film Festival and the
1993 Cannes Film Festival
The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to '' Farewell My Concubine'' by Chen Kaige and '' The Piano'' by Jane Campion.
The festival opened with ''My Favorite Season'', directed by André Téchiné and c ...
.
Filmography
* ''
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
''Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe'' is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 that depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film '' Gates of Heaven''. The ...
'' (1980) - associate producer
* ''
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (1985) - producer
* ''
Barfly'' - producer
* ''
King Lear
''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' (1987) - associate producer (uncredited)
* ''
Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (1987) - executive producer
* ''
Manifesto'' (1988) - executive producer
* ''
Powaqqatsi
''Powaqqatsi'', also known as ''Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation'', is a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio's experimental 1982 film, ''Koyaanisqatsi''. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilo ...
'' (1988) - associate producer
* ''
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' is a novel by American author John Fante. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel; '' The Road to Los Angeles'', written in 1936, was discovered after Fante has died and was released posthumously in 1985. ...
'' (1989) - producer
* ''
Wind
Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ho ...
'' (1992) - producer
* ''
The Secret Garden
''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in '' The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels an ...
'' (1993) - producer
* ''
My Family
''My Family'' is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadc ...
'' (1995) - executive producer
* ''Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella'' (1995) - producer
* ''
Lani Loa – The Passage'' (1998) - executive producer
* ''Cachao: Uno Mas'' (2008) - producer
References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
American film producers
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