Tom Thayer

Birth Name:

Tom Thayer

Profession

Producer, Director

Was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2007 for his work on "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee․"
Won the 2008 Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
Frequently produces programs that are adapted from literary works
Often collaborates on film projects with screenwriter John J․ McLaughlin
In 1997, he helped found the production company Traveler's Rest Films
Once served as the President of MCA Television Entertainment
Spent almost ten years trying to develop the film "Hitchcock․"

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