Ronni Thomas is a director, editor and filmmaker in Residence at the Morbid Anatomy Museum. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York he considers himself a 'working class film maker', seeing equal value in the sublime and the ordinary. Though his films typically deal with dark, eccentric and bizarre subject matters, he approaches each topic from a human and often light-hearted angle.
His career began with a chance meeting with Lloyd Kaufman of New York's notorious Troma Films. He was offered a job (with no previously experience) as Troma Team Video's Director of DVD Production and quickly learned how to 'get the shot you needed' at any cost. From Troma, he worked with underground documentarian Lech Kowalski (DOA, Born To Lose), Co-Producing Hey Is Dee Dee Home featuring the late Dee Dee Ramone and Camera Gun, a short post 9/11 documentary featuring American Jihad Akil Collins (My Jihad).
In addition to writing and directing several award winning short films (Radio Girl, Old Song and Dance), he is frequently hired to create online content using his signature dark but quirky style. In 2003 landed a job producing and editing for commercial legend Bob Giraldi. In 2011 he and Morbid Anatomy founder, Joanna Ebenstein, created The Midnight Archive; a web documentary series that went on to critical acclaim and received several awards including the 2013 Silver Telly for best web documentary series.
In addition to making films, he is also guest lecturer and programmer for the Raindance Film Festival in London. He has also written for The Morbid Anthology, United Academics, Huffington Post, The Journal of Social Sciences and Raindance Film Magazine. He lives a blissfully surreal life with his wife, 8 year old son and exotic cat in Brooklyn New York.
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