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Director: music video ALL OF THE ABOVE

The music video I directed for 

All Of The Above

featuring the aerial work of 

DUO PHOENIX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCWRn4gyhWE&feature=share&noredirect=1

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Thomai Hatsios is a director and producer of films, documentaries and commercials. She founded an avant-garde theater company at age 16 in her native Detroit, which toured major cities across the U.S.,  Canada and Europe. Over the years she has managed to accumulate experience from virtually all aspects of film and television production and post-production. Her deepest passion lies in independent narrative story-telling with an emphasis on women’s rights and human issues.

Director: GASP ___ FESTIVAL SCREENING IN L.A.

GASP 

Played at the Rita Hatworth Theater as part of the Downtown Film Festival. If you missed the L.A. premiere and would like to see it on Vimeo, send me a message and I'll share the link and password.

Behind the Scenes #HashtagIntervention

~ Just a little comedy skit I made with some good friends~ the BREAKING CURFEW comedy writer/actor group and FEET FIRST FILMS on camera, lights and sound. Click below to see the time lapse behind the scenes video:

Producer: ODD BRODSKY (Sneak Peak!)

I adored producing this quirky, comedy, feature film

Producer: Something About You, Music Video

MetaHara produced a music video for Russian singer, Irina!

Here's a little behind the scenes video of the dance rehearsal:
IRINA'S Dance

and 

BEHIND THE SCENES--Music Video Production 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtdTEThXacw

https://www.youtube.com/user/IrinaGlobalMusic

the VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO5OeyFyWHs

Director: Music Video, Nothing In Your Pocket

On the set of Nothing In Your Pocket, Music Video

Pictured left to right: Gaffer Sonoko, Grip Judy, M/U Tomoko, 1st AD Daniela, Director Thomai, Costume Designer Chelsey

Youtube link to the Music Video: NIYP 

A MetaHara Production 

(see listed credits on Youtube)

Thomai in L.A.

Since relocating to Los Angeles, Thomai has worked with networks CBS, ABC and NBC, Moving Parts, companies including  Lions Gate & MTV,   agencies such as Ogilvy and Mathers. Her commercial clients range from small business owners to JVC and AM/PM. She has produced and directed several projects with budgets ranging from $3,500 to $1.5M.  Thomai has worked directly with A-list talent: James Cromwell, Neil Patrick Harris, Donald Trump, Aretha Franklin and Prima Ballerina Diana Vishneva, to name a few. Her production company, MetaHara Productions, continues to grow with a feature length film ODD BRODSKY in post, several promo and commercial projects under it’s belt, an award winning short film, and 2 feature length films in development.

THOMAI HATSIOS

DIRECTOR

Thomai Hatsios is an award-winning director and veteran of film and video production. Her experience directing theater, painting, creating conceptual and installation art, and working in all aspects of film production combine to inform her unique voice. Thomai’s characters are uncommon expressions of femininity and are unusually flawed, surprising the audience with their complexity. Her unorthodox esthetic choices serve to sublimely yet forcefully inform plot and to draw the unsuspecting viewer more deeply into the world she is rendering. Audiences find themselves relating to and caring for characters that they previously wouldn't have believed could exist. Thomai has also directed numerous music videos and documented previously unexplored subjects from her truly inimitable perspective. 

PRODUCER 

Thomai's experience in development, her experience as a writer and director allow her to provide the creative team with the support needed to achieve the best possible product.  Her skills developing,  breaking down scripts, creating schedules and budgets combine with her creative insight, intuition and passion to help bring any collaborative project she's  involved in to fruition. With her production company MetaHara Productions, she currently has 1 feature film in post production and three feature-length films in development. 

At age 16, Thomai moved from the suburban metro area back to the city she was born in, Detroit, to found her own Avant Garde theater company.  Thomai was thrust into the limelight of Detroit's arts and entertainment establishment.  Her troupe of actors and performers would eventually become the multimedia performance tour de force, Metahara Presents. Early in the evolution of her production company, Thomai  wrote, directed and performed in shows at some of the finest performance venues in Detroit, Chicago, New York City and Toronto.

In 1991 Thomai moved her base of operations to New Orleans, La.   Highlights of her tenure in New Orleans include a live performance that consisted of a cast of 45 that was presented on 3 city blocks in collaboration with NOMA (New Orleans Museum Of Art), multiple performances and installations at the CAC (Contemporary Art Center) a tour of Europe and her trip to Morocco where she co-produced and directed a documentary about Ghnawa musicians which premiered in Peter Gabriel's Real World Music World Tour.   By 1994 Thomai's work, already multi-media, had become more filmic.

Fueled by the desire to learn every aspect of film production, Thomai relocated with her son to Los Angeles.  In 1998 she bought her 1st digi camera and immediately began creating dance films, experimental films and documentary.  After learning to edit her projects in FCP, she became a freelance editor, called on by several  boutique promo and instructional video companies.   Thomai moved to on set production working as a PA, Camera Operator, AD and PM; eventually stepping into her bliss as Director and Producer. She has produced and directed several projects with budgets ranging from $3,500 to $1.5M.  Directing narrative utilizes Thomai's passion, dedication and creative talent as a storyteller to the fullest.  In addition to running her production company, MetaHara, Thomai is currently an enthusiastic member of the development team at AMI, with Mark R. Harris.  Thomai's creative process includes collage (published in 37Days, Skirt Press), painting,  writing poetry, prose and creative essays (The Next Thing, published in What I Wish For You, Skirt Press).  Thomai continues to follow her bliss,   Directing, Writing and Producing feature length films.

THOMAI HATSIOS
http://vimeo.com/metahara

Production List:

Producer: There Will Be________

MetaHara and A Tribe Studio Produced THERE WILL BE________
Conceptual Artist / Writer / Director Kerry Tribe used lines from 50 feature length films previously shot at the GREYSTONE MANSION to tell the story of the 1st  unsolved suicide murder that took place at the mansion, in 1929.  Produced by Thomai Hatsios

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Music Video for Nothing In Your Pocket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohRaKFB994I&feature=colike

the short film, gasp

Thee most bad ass review of GASP just came in from Chad Clinton Freeman, "Gasp was sexy, fun and scary; sort of exploitation mixed with horror mixed with drama. "



From Cinematographer Matthew Irving:

"All I can say is: "Wow".  You are incredibly talented.  I thought the film worked on every level, and your over-arching vision was extremely clear and perfectly executed.  This should be a fantastic calling card for your directing abilities--and for everyone else involved.  The performances were nuanced and believable, the cinematography was right on target; the quirky score set the tone flawlessly.  And of course, I really dug the 70's vibe.

I'm very impressed and extremely excited for you."

More comments, reviews and answered questions:

GASP on VIMEO and ReelGrok!!!

GASP

on

VIMEO

watch it, like it, comment nicely on it.

NC Burns of ReelGrok (a great entertainment industry resource) asked me to write a bit about making the film, GASP, with such  small budget.

Here's the article. I feel  extreme gratitude  for the lovely and talented cast and crew that came together for the making of GASP.

MANY THANKS,

Thomai

GASP WON!!!!

We won the POTA grant for our film !!!!

Read all about it!

GASP world premiere at Athena Film Festival

The Athena Film Festival is a production of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood.

I felt so blessed to be a part of it.

GASP PREMIERE / SCREENING at ATHENA FILM FEST

MEET ME SUNDAY AT 4PM, IN NY! 

http://athenafilmfestival.com/

Dream BIG!

People who laugh at others dreams are actually laughing at their own dreams. They're preventing their own dreams from coming to life, while possibly fueling the others. I am one to encourage by nature, conditioning and by choice, because I know better.             The gospel of Thomai

Producer: STRONGER

It's in the can!
What a lovely cast and crew, everyone was just so sweet.
Many of us wore more than 1 hat.

I'd write more, but I'm exhausted.