Thomas Edward Seymour was born in New Britain, Connecticut in 1977. He finished his first feature length film (Thrill Kill Jack) at the age of twenty for a mere 700 dollars. This earned Thomas Edward Seymour, Mike Aranksy and Guerette a Merit award from the B-movie film festival along with multiple screenings on the festival circuit. Two years later Thomas graduated from Northwestern College in Connecticut in 1998. At the age of twenty three he finished his second feature length film,(Everything Moves Alone) this time he shot it on 16mm film with a nine thousand dollar budget. This won the trio "Auteur of the Year" at the Bare Bones Film festival in Oklahoma in 2002 along with several other nominations and screenings (California Indy fest, New York International film festival and many others). The film was a critical hit among the independent press but mixed reviews came from the mainstream, one New York Times review was particularly brutal. They received a four star review from Film Threat magazine on-line. Phil Hall (The writer of the review) arranged for the trio to have a theatrical run of their film in New York City. From the New York Post to TV guide, Thomas's face was seen every where but no deals were inked. After two years of preproduction (one year was solely dedicated to building the giant wishing well that would be the center piece of the film) Thomas emerged ready to try again. In 2005 The Land of College Prophets (their third feature) premiered in New York and set the film festival world on fire with 5 wins at the B-movie awards New York (Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Actor (Thomas) and Makeup). From then on the wins kept pouring in and the film took off. Thomas Edward Seymour is still working today on who knows what number film in the independent underground of American films. Third time's a charm they say.
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