Tommy Pallotta

Tommy Pallotta

Known for

Producing

Born

May 25, 1968 (age 58)

Birthplace

Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Tommy Pallotta is a storyteller who creatively blends technology with filmmaking, animation, and interactivity. Microsoft Research recognized his penchant for innovation where he led a research team to create and design interactive, animated storytelling experiences. Pallotta also directed the first machinima music video, In the Waiting Line, and the rotoscoped MTV Breakthrough video Destiny, both for the band Zero 7. He has produced several short animated films that garnered numerous awards, including Snack and Drink, which is now part of a permanent collection in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Tommy first connected Richard Linklater with animation when he produced the award-winning fea...

Best known work

A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
2006
Waking Life
Waking Life
2001
Undone
Undone
2019
Slacker
Slacker
1990
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022
Tape
Tape
2001
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
More Human Than Human
More Human Than Human
2018
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
American Prince
American Prince
2009

Filmography

  1. 2023

    The Last Ecstatic Days

    Executive Producer

  2. 2022

  3. 2019

    UndoneTV

    Executive Producer

  4. 2018

    More Human Than Human

    as Self, Director, Producer, Writer

  5. 2016

  6. 2016

  7. 2014

    Last Hijack

    Director, Writer

  8. 2009

    American Prince

    as Self - Interviewer, Director

  9. 2006

  10. 2006

  11. 2006

  12. 2001

    Tape

    Technical Supervisor

  13. 2001

    Waking Life

    Producer, Director of Photography

  14. 2001

  15. 1990

    Slacker

    as Looking for Missing Friend

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