Thomas Verrette, Director, Producer, Editor: That is a curious question…
Film Courage: How does creativity begin in darkness?
Thomas: I don’t know. I could be dreaming or driving. I could be in the middle of a phone call and something will just pop into my head. That is where my thoughts go when you talk about creativity coming out of darkness because usually that kind of stuff is spontaneous and really not related to what’s happening around me. Sometimes I feel like it’s like a daydream effect of Oh, that’s interesting. Maybe I should do something about that or write something about it or whatever. I can’t really describe where that comes from or why it happens. Writer’s block is a thing I guess where it’s like no new ideas…maybe it’s just because you’re being paid to come up with ideas that it can get difficult whereas for me I’m constantly writing but I’ve never been paid to be a writer (at least yet) so I feel like the demand creatively for you to be constantly on if that’s your profession as a writer is way more…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Thomas Verrette is an award-winning director, producer, and editor in Los Angeles. His most recent work is “Zero Gravity”, a feature documentary about middle-school students who compete in a nationwide competition to write code for a satellites aboard the International Space Station, which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2021, and has continued as an official selection at DOC NYC, Heartland International Film Festival, Dances With Films: LA, and SCAD Savannah Film Festival, among many others. Verrette is best known for producing the FOX Sports docu-series, “Phenoms”. The series was shot in 20 countries and follows the professional and personal lives of 60 young star players as they fight their way to their respective national teams for the World Cup in Russia 2018. Verrette also edited the “Goalkeepers” episode, which premiered the series at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Other featured work includes editing the feature “Parallels”, co-producing the series “Small Shots”, and executive producing the documentary “Ordinary Gods”. He also produced and edited the promo campaigns for multiple seasons of the critically-acclaimed series “Kingdom”, as well as “Ice”, “Rogue”, and many others while working for DirecTV/AT&T’s Audience Network. He also directed promos for “The Dan Patrick Show”, “The Rich Eisen Show”, and “Undeniable with Joe Buck”.
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