Tom Poole (colorist)
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Tom Poole is the Chief Creative Officer and Senior Colorist at Company 3. He was born in London, England, where he began his career, before moving to the States in 2004. He joined Company 3 in 2007.
Career[edit]
In 2013,[1] 2015[2] and 2016 he won a Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) award for Outstanding Color Grading. [1] Poole was recognized with two 2019 AICP awards for ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ on National Lottery ‘Amazing Starts Here’ and ‘Best Music Video Color Grading’ for The Carters ‘Apes**t’.[3] In 2017 Poole won the AICP ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ award for Squarespace ‘John's Journey’[4] and in 2016 the ‘Best Color Grading’ award for the Adidas ‘Future’ campaign.[4]
In 2017 Poole was accepted into The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.[5]
Selected filmography[edit]
Feature films[edit]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | Newton Thomas Sigel | Matthew Newman | Senior Colorist | Color Assistant: Andrew Geary |
| 2012 | The Grey | Joe Carnahan | Masanobu Takayanagi | Roger Barton & Jason Hellmann
Additional Editor: Joseph Jett Sally | ||
| Compliance | Craig Zobel | Adam Stone | Jane Rizzo | |||
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Derek Cianfrance | Sean Bobbitt | Jim Helton & Ron Patane | |||
| 2013 | Kill Your Darlings | John Krokidas | Reed Morano | Brian A. Kikes | Supervising Colorist | Additional Colorist: Andrew Geary |
| Magic Magic | Sebastián Silva | Christopher Doyle & Glenn Kaplan | Jacob Craycroft & Álex Rodríguez | |||
| 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Sean Bobbitt | Joe Walker | Digital Intermediate Colorist | ||
| Oldboy | Spike Lee | Sean Bobbitt | Barry Alexander Brown
Additional Editor: Paul Hirsch |
Colorist | Color Assistant: Giovanni DiGiorgio
Head of Production: Nick Monton | |
| Out of the Furnace | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | David Rosenbloom | |||
| 2014 | The Skeleton Twins | Craig Johnson | Reed Morano | Jennifer Lee | Supervising Colorist | |
| Non-Stop | Jaume Collet-Serra | Flavio Martínez Labiano | Jim May | Senior Colorist | ||
| Foxcatcher | Bennett Miller | Greig Fraser | Stuart Levy, Conor O'Neill & Jay Cassidy | |||
| Lullaby | Andrew Levitas | Florian Ballhaus | Julie Monroe | |||
| Let's Be Cops | Luke Greenfield | Daryn Okada | Bill Pankow & Jonathan Schwartz | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Digital Intermediate Producers: Nick Monton, Colin Davis
Dailies Colorist: John Petersen | |
| Rosewater | Jon Stewart | Bobby Bukowski | Jay Rabinowitz | Colorist | ||
| The Longest Week | Peter Glanz | Ben Kutchins | Sarah Flack | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Love & Mercy | Bill Pohlad | Robert Yeoman | Dino Jonsäter | Senior Colorist | ||
| The Cobbler | Tom McCarthy | W. Mott Hupfel III | Tom McArdle | |||
| Kill the Messenger | Michael Cuesta | Sean Bobbitt | Brian A. Kates | |||
| 2015 | True Story | Rupert Goold | Masanobu Takayanagi | Christopher Tellefsen & Nicolas de Toth | ||
| The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Marielle Heller | Brandon Trost | Marie-Hélène Dozo & Koen Timmerman | |||
| Run All Night | Jaume Collet-Serra | Martin Ruhe | Dirk Westervelt | |||
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | |||
| Black Mass | Scott Cooper | David Rosenbloom | ||||
| Meadowland | Reed Morano | Madeleine Gavin | ||||
| Rock the Kasbah | Barry Levinson | Sean Bobbitt | Aaron Yanes | |||
| 2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | Adam Arkapaw | Jim Helton & Ron Patane | Supervising Colorist | |
| Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | Sean Bobbitt | Barry Alexander Brown | |||
| Keeping Up with the Joneses | Greg Mottola | Andrew Dunn | David Rennie | Colorist: Andrew Geary
Color Assistants: Giovanni DiGiorgio, Nicholas Figueroa, Josh Spector, Ewelina Nietupska | ||
| Assassin's Creed | Justin Kurzel | Adam Arkapaw | Christopher Tellefsen | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Additional Color: Greg Fisher
Color Assistants: Lucie Barbier, Jonas Jangvad, Chris Francis | |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom Cross | senior colorist | |
| On Chesil Beach | Dominic Cooke | Sean Bobbitt | Nick Fenton | senior colorist | ||
| Stronger | David Gordon Green | Dylan Tichenor | senior colorist | |||
| I, Tonya | Craig Gillespie | Nicolas Karakatsanis | Tatiana S. Riegel | Senior Colorist | ||
| 2018 | 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | Rasmus Videbæk | Lisa Lassek | Colorist | |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Reed Morano | Madeleine Gavin | senior colorist | |||
| Galveston | Mélanie Laurent | Arnaud Potier | Joseph Krings | colorist | ||
| BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | Chayse Irvin | Barry Alexander Brown | Colorist | ||
| Cam | Daniel Goldhaber | Katelin Arizmendi | Daniel Garber | Supervising Colorist | ||
| White Boy Rick | Yann Demange | Tat Radcliffe | Chris Wyatt | Colorist | Color Assistants: Josh Spector, Jake White
Dailies Colorist: Adrian Delude | |
| Widows | Steve McQueen | Sean Bobbitt | Joe Walker | |||
| Halloween | David Gordon Green | Michael Simmonds | Tim Alverson | |||
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Lasse Hallström & Joe Johnston | Linus Sandgren | Stuart Levy | |||
| Escape at Dannemora | Ben Stiller | Jessica Lee Gagné | Geoffrey Richman & Matthew Jamieson | supervising colorist | ||
| 2019 | Euphoria | Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Morrison & Pippa Bianco | Marcell Rév, André Chemetoff, Drew Daniels, Adam Newport-Berra & Rina Yang | Julio C. Perez IV, Laura Zempel, Harry Yoon, Aaron I. Butler & Darrin Navarro | final & supervising colorist | Airing since 2019 |
| The King | David Michôd | Adam Arkapaw | Peter Sciberras | senior supervising colorist | ||
| Queen & Slim | Melina Matsoukas | Tat Radcliffe | Pete Beaudreau | senior colorist | ||
| 21 Bridges | Brian Kirk | Paul Cameron | Tim Murrell | senior colorist | ||
| 2020 | The Courier | Dominic Cooke | Sean Bobbitt | Tariq Anwar & Gareth C. Scales | colorist: Company 3 | |
| Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made | Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | senior finishing colorist | ||
| The Rhythm Section | Reed Morano | Sean Bobbitt | Joan Sobel | senior finishing colorist | ||
| The Invisible Man | Leigh Whannell | Stefan Duscio | Andy Canny | senior finishing colorist | ||
| Bad Education | Cory Finley | Lyle Vincent | Louise Ford | senior colorist | Color Assist: Jake White | |
| Human Capital | Marc Meyers | Kat Westergaard | Tariq Anwar & Alex Hall | supervising colorist | ||
| Project Power | Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman | Michael Simmonds | Jeff McEvoy | Colorist | Head of Production: Margaret Lewis
Color Assistant: Jake White | |
| Jungleland | Max Winkler | Damian Garcia | Tomas Vengris | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Dreamland | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | Lyle Vincent | Abbi Jutkowitz & Brett M. Reed | Digital Intermediate Colorist | ||
| 2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rév | Julio C. Perez IV | Company 3 Colorist | Company 3 Color Assistant: Jake White
FotoKem NextLAB Dailies Colorist: Dan Garsha |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King | Sean Bobbitt | Kristan Sprague & Jennifer Lame | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Digital Intermediate Conform Artist: John Diesso
Digital Intermediate Producer: Margaret Lewis | |
| Monster | Anthony Mandler | David Devlin | Joe Klotz | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Cruella | Craig Gillespie | Nicolas Karakatsanis | Tatiana S. Riegel | Colorist | Color Assists: John Tripp (LA), Melina Smith (NY)
Image Scientist: John Quartel | |
| Stillwater | Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist | ||
| Kate | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Lyle Vincent | Sandra Montiel & Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir | Senior Colorist | ||
| Blue Bayou | Justin Chon | Matthew Chuang, Ante Cheng | Reynolds Barney | Colorist | Color Assistants: Jake White, Nick Nassif
Image Scientist: John Quartel | |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Brandon Trost | Anne McCabe | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew Geary | |
| Halloween Kills | David Gordon Green | Michael Simmonds | Tim Alverson | Colorist | ||
| Antlers | Scott Cooper | Florian Hoffmeister | Dylan Tichenor | Finishing Colorist | ||
| Swan Song | Benjamin Cleary | Masanobu Takayanagi | Nathan Nugent | Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist | ||
| 2022 | The Survivor | Barry Levinson | George Steel | Douglas Crise | Supervising Colorist | Finishing Colorist: Jenny Montgomery
Color Assistant: Jake White |
| Blonde | Andrew Dominik | Chayse Irvin | Adam Robinson & Jennifer Lame | Finishing Colorist (with Andrew Geary & Jake White) | Color Assistant: Ben White | |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon & Jennifer Lame | Supervising Finishing Artist | Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs
Finishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D) | |
| The Menu | Mark Mylod | Peter Deming | Christopher Tellefsen | Finishing Colorist | Lead Color Assistant: Melina Smith
Data Manager: Stacey Lee | |
| The Pale Blue Eye | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | Dylan Tichenor | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Dailies Colorist/Operator: Greg Lomasney | |
2023[edit]
| Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine Dreams | Elijah Bynum | Adam Arkapaw | Jon Otazua | Colorist | Finishing Editor: Gina Kalim
Company 3 Producer: Kate Albers |
| Jamojaya | Justin Chon | Ante Cheng | Reynolds Barney | Company 3 Producer: Zac Gobetz
Company 3 Head of Production: Mike Maida | |
| Landscape with Invisible Hand | Cory Finley | Lyle Vincent | Louise Ford | Finishing Colorist | Dailies Colorist: Marc Lulkin
Color Assistant: Emily Bailey |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | Shabier Kirchner | Keith Fraase
Additional Editor: Shannon Fitzpatrick |
Color Assistants: Andrew Mirnamesh, Mena Smith
Finishing Producer: Zac Gobetz | |
| Shotgun Wedding | Jason Moore | Peter Deming | Doc Crotzer | Colorist | Additional Color: Jenny Montgomery
Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Jake White |
| If You Were the Last | Kristian Mercado | Alex Disenhof | Henry Hayes | Supervising Finishing Colorist | Finishing Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Andrew Mirmanesh |
| Dreamin' Wild | Bill Pohlad | Arnaud Potier | Annette Davey | Colorist | Dailies Colorist (AP): Gabriel McIntyre
Head of Production: Michael Maeda |
| The Good Mother | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | Charlotte Hornsby | Taylor Levy, Damian Rodriguez | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth |
| Dumb Money | Craig Gillespie | Nikolas Karakatsanis | Kirk Baxter
Additional Editor: Rex Lowry |
Finishing Colorist
Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth |
Color Assistant: Melina Smith
Dailies Colorist (LA): Tom Klane |
| Fingernails | Christos Nikou | Marcell Rév | Yorgos Zafeiris | Colorist | Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Dailies Colorist: Kelly Milligan |
| The Marvels | Nia DaCosta | Sean Bobbitt | Evan Schiff, Catrin Hedström | Supervising Finishing Artist | Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs
Finishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D) |
| Leave the World Behind | Sam Esmail | Tod Campbell | Lisa Lassek | Finishing Colorist
Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth |
Color Assistant: Mena Smith
Head of Dailies: Andrew Dearnley |
2024[edit]
| Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin | Ava DuVernay | Matthew J. Lloyd | Spencer Averick | Colorist
Additional Colorist: Matt Osborne |
Color Assistant: Jason Maydick
Dailies Colorist: Karli Windischmann |
| The Greatest Hits | Ned Benson | Chung-hoon Chung | Saira Haider | Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson
Dailies Colorist: Tom Klane | |
| A Quiet Place: Day One† | Michael Sarnoski | Pat Scola | Andrew Mondshein, Gregory Plotkin | Supervising Colorist | Finishing / Dailies Colorist: Jake M. White |
| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F† | Mark Molloy | Eduard Grau | Dan Lebental | Colorist | Dailies Colorists: Jack Tashdjian, Tom Klane |
| MaXXXine† | Ti West | Eliot Rockett | Ti West | Finishing Colorist
Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth |
Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson
Dailies Colorist: Jack Tashdjian |
| † | Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Showrunner(s) | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | Danny McBride | Danny McBride, David Gordon Green & Jody Hill | Brandon Trost & Michael Simmonds | Justin Bourret, Todd Zelin, Craig Hayes & Sam Seig | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew Geary |
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Derek Cianfrance & Anya Epstein | Derek Cianfrance | Jody Lee Lipes | Ron Patane, Jim Helton, Malcolm Jamieson, Dean Palisch & Nico Leunen | Senior Colorist | |
| Small Axe | Steve McQueen | Shabier Kirchner | Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen | ||||
| 2021 | Physical | Annie Weisman | Craig Gillespie, Liza Johnson, Stephanie Laing | Paula Huidobro | Sophie Corra | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: J. Cody Baker
Dailies Colorist: Tom Klane |
| 2022 | Euphoria | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rev | Julio Perez | Final Colorist | Season 2
Colorist: Jake White | |
| Pam & Tommy | Robert Siegel | Craig Gillespie, Lake Bell, Gwyneth Horder-Payton & Hannah Fidell | Paula Huidobro | Tatiana S. Riegel, Annette Davey, Michael Giambra & Eric Kissack | DI Supervising Colorist | DI Colorist: J. Cody Baker
Dailies Colorist: John St. Laurent | |
| Severance | Dan Erickson | Ben Stiller & Aoife McArdle | Jessica Lee Gagné & Matt Mitchell | Geoffrey Richman, Gershon Hinkson & Erica Freed Marker | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew Geary
Additional Colorist: Ben White | |
| Pachinko | Soo Hugh | Kogonada & Justin Chon | Florian Hoffmeister & Ante Cheng | Simon Brasse, Joe Hobeck, Erica Freed Marker, Susan E. Kim, Jacob Craycroft & Sabine Hoffman | Colorist: Andrew Geary
Company 3 Color Producer: Zachary Gobetz | ||
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) | Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter | Marcell Rév | Brendan Walter
Online Editor: Nicholas McGregor |
Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Dailies Colorist: Jon Rocke | ||
| The Idol | Abel Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, Sam Levinson | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rév, Drew Daniels, Julie Cohen, Arseni Khachaturan | Julio C. Perez IV, Aaron Butler, Aleshka Ferrero | Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth | ||
| The Changeling | Kelly Marcel | Melina Matsoukas, Jonathan van Tulleken, Dana Gonzales, Michael Francis Williams, Solvan "Slick" Naim | Marcell Rév, Christopher Norr, Steve Cosen | Geoff Ashenhurst, Jonathan Eagan, Hye Na | Colorist (with Bill Ferwerda) | Additional Colorist: Ian Passy | |
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist(s)/Group(s) | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lux Æterna | Metallica | Timothy Saccenti | Joshua Zucker-Pluda | Matt Posey | Colorist | |
| Lift Me Up | Rihanna | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Andrew Heagle | Color Producer: Behnood Behjoo
Color Assist: Frankie Hudson | |||
| 2023 | Flowers | Miley Cyrus | Jacob Bixenman | Marcell Rév | Brendan Walter | ||
| River | Adam Newport-Berra | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |||||
| Where She Goes | Bad Bunny | Stillz | Marcell Rév | Aitor Bigas | Shot on 35mm and 16mm Kodak Vision3 200T, 500T and Ektachrome film | ||
| Used to Be Young | Miley Cyrus | Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter | Brendan Walter | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |||
| Un Preview | Bad Bunny | Stillz | Aitor Bigas | ||||
| Baticano | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | ||||||
Commercials[edit]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Michelob ULTRA: Welcome to Superior Bowl | Rachel Morrison | Tommy Harden | Colorist | Shot on Kodak 35 mm film with Arricam and Arriflex 435 cameras | |
| David Yurman: Come Closer | Nathan Copan | Max Goldman | William Town | Color finishing completed at Modern Post
Shot on Sony CineAlta Venice cameras with Panavision Sphero 65 lenses | ||
| 2023 | Michelob ULTRA: New Members Day | Rachel Morrison | Eric Alexander-Hughes, Tommy Harden | Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) | Company 3 Producers: Shannen Troup, Nick Kraznic
Shot on Kodak 35 mm film | |
| Rakuten: Not-So Clueless | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Bill Pope | Graham Turner | Colorist | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |
| TurboTax: Dancer | Fiona McGee | Ross Giardana | Eric Hill, Steve Sprinkel | |||
| NBA: Little Black Book | Karim Huu Do | Rina Yang | TBA | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup
Visual Effects by Framestore | ||
| Blizzard Entertainment: Art of Choice | Henry Hobson | TBA | Stew Reeves | Flame Lead: Wensen Ho
Finishing Producers: Shannen Troup, Alex Park Hooper | ||
| Metallica: 72 Seasons | Tim Saccenti | Joshua Zucker-Pluda | Tyler Hurst | Finishing Producer: Shannen Troup | ||
| Sydney Sweeney x Ford Bronco | Lucy Sandler | Evan Prosofsky | Matt Burke | |||
| Gucci: The Gift | Sabato De Sarno (Creative), Riccardo (Artistic) | Marcell Rév | TBA | |||
| Ritz: The Ritzcracker | Camila Zapiola | Leandro Filloy | Finishing Producer: Shannen Troup
Visual Effects by Framestore | |||
| Apple Inc.: Mother Nature | TBA | TBA | ||||
| 2024 | BMW: Talkin Like Walken | Bryan Buckley | Hoyte van Hoytema | Chan Hatcher | Senior Colorist | Color Producer: Shannen Troup |
| Uber Eats: Don't Forget Uber Eats | Jake Szymanski | Larkin Seiple | Kirk Baxter, Matt Murphy, Zaldy Lopez, Danielle Sclafani, Cole Grom | Senior Colorist (with Matt Osborne) | ||
| Hellmann's: Mayo Cat | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Darren Lew | Pamela Petruski, Danielle Minch | Senior Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) | Color Producer: Shannen Troup
Visual Effects by Framestore | |
| FanDuel: Gronk Misses the FanDuel Kick of Destiny 2 | Mike Warzin | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Grant Surmi | Senior Colorist | Color Producer: Shannen Troup | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2013 Hollywood Post Alliance Award Winners Announced". HPA – Hollywood Professional Association. 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Winners of the 2015 HPA Awards". 16 November 2015.
- ^ "tom poole - AICP". www.aicppostawards.com.
- ^ a b "AICE : Events : AICE Awards Show : 2017 Finalists". www.aice.org.
- ^ Academy, The. "New Academy Members". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.