Tom Blomquist
Tom Blomquist is an award-winning writer, producer, and director. His television credits include such popular titles as “Farscape”, “Quantum Leap”, “Catherine Marshall’s Christy”, “Nightmare On Elm Street: Freddy’s Nightmares”, “Swamp Thing”, “The A-Team”, “Walker Texas Ranger”, and “Hunter”, as well as the classic late-night NBC talk show “Tomorrow with Tom Snyder”. Tom additionally directed music videos for ACM Best New Female Artist of the Year Kellie Coffey (“Walk On” and “I Would Die For That”) and wrote and directed a feature documentary about Ms. Coffey’s music career, “Kellie Coffey: I’m Still Here”. He also served as Production Consultant for Jack Fry’s previous stage play “They Call Me Mr. Fry”.
Last year, Tom received International Gold CINDY and Special Achievement in Directing Awards from Cinema In Industry for “Missed Communication”, a corporate communication video. “Whoa!” — a comedy pilot that he directed starring Academy Award Nominee Linda Blair, Emmy Winner Leslie Jordan, Streamy Winner Mark Gantt — and featuring the inimitable Jack Fry – won top honors at the Independent Film Quarterly festival in Hollywood and the Los Angeles Sunset Film Festival.
Tom is a tenured Professor of Film and Television Production at California State University, Long Beach. He also co-authored the textbook “Eye of the Storm: Directing for Film, Television & Emerging Media” (Kendall Hunt Publishers, 2013).
