Biografie
Thomas Balmès has been working as an independent director and producer
of nonfiction films, specializing in international co-productions,
since 1992. His initial projects included studies of filmmakers James
Ivory and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Thomas directed his first film in 1996; BOSNIA HOTEL was the story of U.N. Kenyan peacekeepers in Bosnia. This was followed by MAHARAJAH BURGER; Mad Cows; Holy Cows, about the mad cow crisis as seen from the Indian perspective.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE PAPUANS (2000) following the conversion to Christianity of a Papuan Chief, was honored with the Silver Spire Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. He directed a sequel in Papua the following year, WAITING FOR JESUS.
A DECENT FACTORY, the story of a Nokia executive who inspects a mobile phone factory in China, was screened at more than 50 film festivals and received many honors, including a Europa Award. The film was released theatrically in the U.S. in 2005.
DAMAGES, a.k.a. How Much Is Your Life Worth?, was filmed at a Connecticut law firm specializing in personal injury cases, and was co-produced by 15 countries and broadcast worldwide.
Thomas initiated a series for national Japanese television : NHK, Tokyo Modern; and produced « A Normal Life – Chronicle of a Young Sumo Wrestler », directed by Jill Coulon, which screened at Amsterdam's 2009 International Documentary Film Festival.
His film BABIES takes a look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.
Regisseur
Dokumentationen | |
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2019 |
Sing Me a Song |
2013 |
Parempi elämä |
2010 |
Babys |
2007 |
Damages |
How Much Is Your Life Worth? (Fernsehfilm) |
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2004 |
A Decent Factory |
2001 |
Le Dernier des Papous |
2000 |
The Gospel According to the Papouans |
Waiting for Jesus |
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1997 |
Maharajah Burger. Mad Cows, Holy Cows |
Drehbuchautor
Dokumentationen | |
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2013 |
Parempi elämä |
2010 |
Babys |
2007 |
Damages |
2000 |
Waiting for Jesus |
1997 |
Maharajah Burger. Mad Cows, Holy Cows |
Kameramann
Dokumentationen | |
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2019 |
Sing Me a Song |
2013 |
Parempi elämä |
2007 |
Damages |
2004 |
A Decent Factory |
2000 |
Waiting for Jesus |
1997 |
Maharajah Burger. Mad Cows, Holy Cows |
Produzent
Dokumentationen | |
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2019 |
Sing Me a Song |
2013 |
Parempi elämä |
2007 |
Damages |
2004 |
A Decent Factory |