| Attending Franklin K. Lane High School in Queens, N.Y. and holding down a part time job after school (his father made sure he understood "responsibility" at an early age) had the early stages of..not waiting for "someone to discover me" he went out and attacked it. During HS he was asked why produce a movie? Churchill replied, "We are struggling young actors who want to reach fame in the field of entertainment." "The War Master" , originally called "Teenage Cops", was written by Thom. It's about young teens involved in drugs-a common problem back in 1988 as it is in today's society. The name of the movie is based on the the "War" on drugs. It is also a nick name of one of the central characters in the story. The story was a short segment Thomas wrote when he was apart of the entertainment company called "The New York Showcase Company founded by Schiela Anthony Haskins. He has won an award for it and performed it on stage off-off Broadway as he was hungry to tell the story further. Performing has always been with him after winning rave reviews for a JHS performance of "GREASE" Thomas played Sonny LaTerri who commanded astanding ovation every night he stepped out on the stage. ...The acting bug has taken a bite as he would state..."the Force was strong within.." always a Star Wars fan. Spending most of his teen years writing concepts, treatments and scripts he developed The War Master deeper. His sister, MaryJo needed a trip for herself as she was planning a week in Los Angeles. She invited her brother...that was the gasoline added to the fire that burned within his heart. Thomas fell "hard" into this world and wanted it "badly". His trip to Universal Studios was love at first site. It was at Universal where his idols worked out of; Spielberg, Hitchcock, Scoreses..just to name a few. Till this day Thomas has his eyes on Universal. It was his trip back where he convinced his father, Charles to buy him his first camera. His father agreed and stated "you will get a part time job and repay me. Because I want you to learn that you can achieve anything in this world with hard work! No one will give you anything for free.." Words to live by. Thomas did what his father instructed. He worked a part time job. Went to school. ..And yes, paid his father back. |
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