Tommy Gormley is a Scottish film director and producer. He is known for his work on the genres of

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and

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. Gormley has produced or served as assistant director on films such as ''

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'' and '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He produced or co-produced a number of TV series, including ''

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''. Gormley won a

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award for outstanding contribution to craft at the 2014

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Early life

Thomas Matthew Gormley was born on 3 May 1968 in

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. The son of Charles Gormley, a Scottish film maker. He attended two schools, St Joseph's primary and St Columba of Iona. He enrolled in the

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. Gormley credits his father Charles Gormley for inspiring him to get into the film industry.

Career

Summary

Tommy Gormley has been the director of

. And he also featured prominently as the position of

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in Star Wars: The Force Awakens,

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John Carter (film) ''John Carter'' is a 2012 American science fiction action-adventure film directed by Andrew Stanton, written by Stanton, Mark Andrews, and Michael Chabon, and based on ''A Princess of Mars'' (1912), the first book in the ''Barsoom'' series o ...

, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Super 8 (2011 film),

The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is a 2004 musical romantic drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1910 French novel ''Le Fantôme de l'Opéra'' by Gaston Leroux. Produced and co-wri ...

and

2012 (film) ''2012'' is a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It was produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, and Larry J. Franco, and written by Kloser and Emmerich. The film stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwe ...

. He is to be an

for

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Filmography

Films

References

J.J. Abrams congratulates first A.D. Tommy Gormley for BAFTA award
''Variety'', November 17, 2014. Accessed June 22, 2016.
I was inspired by JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg, says Scots film director Tommy Gormley
by Brian McIver, Glasgow ''Herald'', February 23, 2013. Accessed June 22, 2016. Scottish film directors Scottish film producers 1968 births Living people {{UK-film-producer-stub