Tom Atkinson

Thomas "Tom" Atkinson (born 11 January 1978) is a British film and television producer. He holds a BA Hons degree in Fine Art - Sound and Image.
Career
Before moving into production, Tom Atkinson managed London's largest independent post-production house, TVC Soho. In this role he oversaw technical production of many music videos for MTV and VH1 for artists such as The Streets, Gareth Gates as well as multiple high-profile corporate jobs for McDonalds, Bang & Olufsen and Zurich. Tom now heads up R3D Films an award winning production company that currently has Film, Documentary, Drama and Corporate projects in production.
Atkinson’s work has been highly acclaimed by the press, in particular Film4. He has produced several films, including The Wrestling (2008) starring Kendo Nagasaki, Mal Sanders and Sir Jimmy Savile, and The Pantomime (2009) narrated by Simon Callow. In 2008, in conjunction with Egmont Publishing Atkinson produced the documentary Roy. This film was made to support the relaunch of legendary comic footballer Roy of the Rovers and the reprinting of his most famous stories. Acclaimed by Film4 in a four star review as "a superb short about a football legend who made up for being a somewhat two-dimensional player by virtue of his formidable haircuts, his nose for scandal and the best eye for goal in the business", Roy won the award for Best Documentary Short at The End of the Pier International Film Festival in 2009, gained Official Selection in Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2009 and also screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Atkinson has also worked with Oscar-winning production company Passion Pictures on a documentary series screened on both Channel 4 and More4.
Atkinson recently wrapped production on The Hairy Hands with Carrion Films and one of the UK Film Council's regional screen agencies - South West Screen. Directed by Ashley Thorpe, The Hairy Hands<ref name="imdb.com"/><ref name="carrionfilms.co.uk"/> has been celebrated in Rue Morgue and Fangoria in 2010 and is screening around the world including festivals in Chicago, Toronto and the Cannes Film Festival 2010.

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