Rising Stars: Meet Thomas George

Today we’d like to introduce you to Thomas George.

Hi Thomas, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I first got started in LA when I was attending Loyola Marymount University. I was lucky enough to be brought into a wonderful network of hardworking and driven Alums who have helped me find my place in LA and given me the breaks I needed to get started in the film industry.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
Every road has a few bumps here and there, but for the most part things have been smooth so far. The biggest challenge by far was lucking into the group of people I’m currently surrounded by. It really is strange how much the people around you shape your reality, but my group of peers, in particular, are really tight-knit and focused on lifting each other up. Another big challenge was getting the consistency of work to a level where being self-employed was a financial possibility. It definitely took a lot of late nights and long weekends, but I can’t discount how lucky I was to meet the people I have when I did.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I specialize in Cinematography, or basically the person who composes and directs the visual capture of film and video making. I primarily specialize in narrative and commercial cinematography inside the larger subset of cinematography. In particular, my style comes a lot from lighting design and unique composition/movement. I’m always most proud of being able to execute some intricate or unique shot type, especially one I’ve never seen done quite that way before. Recently, I was part of a commercial shoot where we had a shot where a basketball player runs underneath the camera, turns around, and shoots a basketball and the camera is rotating on an axis all around this motion. It is these types of unique perspective shots, camera movement, and creativity that really get me excited and artistically fulfilled as a creator.

If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
I would attribute a lot of my success to luck and patience. Luck in the sense of putting myself in good situations to take advantage of opportunities that presented themselves even if the possible outcomes weren’t always clear. Patience in the sense that as I went along, it was important to recognize opportunities that might not make sense to take, allowing the right opportunities for me to come along, and being ready and able to pounce at the right time were what helped me get to a place of some level of stability and security.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.thomasgeorgedp.com/
• Instagram: @thomasgeorgedp