Tommy Pallotta
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- May 25, 1968
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
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 feature film Waking Life. He followed up with Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. He then directed the Emmy-nominated transmedia thriller, Collapsus. Most recently he co-directed the feature documentary/ animation hybrid: Last Hijack. The interactive companion of Last Hijack won an International Digital Emmy Award.
Filmography
The Last Ecstatic Days 2023
Executive Producer
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood 2022
Producer
More Human Than Human 2018
as Self, Director, Producer, Writer
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny 2016
as Self - Friend
Snack And Drink 2016
Producer
Last Hijack 2014
Director, Writer
American Prince 2009
as Self - Interviewer, Director
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales 2006
as Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' 2006
as Self
A Scanner Darkly 2006
Producer
Tape 2001
Technical Supervisor
Waking Life 2001
Producer, Director of Photography
Hell House 2001
Associate Producer
In the Bathtub of the World 2001
as Self
Slacker 1990
as Looking for Missing Friend
Credits from TMDB.