Tomas Leach

Tomas Leach and Saul Leiter

Tomas Leach is a British filmmaker[1].

Early Life

Leach was born in Exeter, England. He studied at Bournemouth Arts Institute before taking a scholarship at Fabrica.

Career

After directing short documentaries and commercials[2] [3], Leach directed his first feature documentary In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2013) about photographer Saul Leiter. [4][5][6] It made the Seattle Times' top ten list of 2014.

In 2016 he directed The Lure[7], a feature documentary about the hunt for Forrest Fenn's treasure.[8][9]

In 2017 he directed Through the Darkness, a film about the baseball team at San Quentin Prison for the series Religion of Sports[10]. The film was executive produced by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra.

His short film Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future[11] premiered at the Reykjavik Film Festival in 2018.[12]

References
  1. "Exclusive: Tomas Leach explains the effort behind his new documentary about New York street photographer Saul Leiter". It’s Nice That. 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  2. "Watch Bubbles from 'The Wire' Narrate This Nick Cave Story". Noisey. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. "YCN | Events | A Summer of Learning - Tomas Leach". YCN. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  4. "Creating Neon Poetry With a Patient Camera". Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  5. "Tomas Leach". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  6. "Photographer Saul Leiter, "In No Great Hurry" | The Leonard Lopate Show". WNYC. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  7. "DOC NYC '16 Interview: Tomas Leach on Finding Treasure with "The Lure"". The Moveable Fest. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  8. "There is something so magical about the idea of a treasure hunt". WePresent. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  9. "The Lure - Vice". Vice. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  10. "The Religion of Sports reaches behind the wall". San Quentin News. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  11. Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future, retrieved 2019-03-18
  12. Fagerholm, Matt. "RIFF 2018: Welcome to Sodom, Over the Limit, Daughter's Table | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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