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 and 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. With her production company MetaHara Productions, she currently has two feature-length films in development.

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. 

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
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DIRECTOR

THORN, short film, MetaHara and POTA (pre-production) 
GASP, Short film, MetaHara & Brooklyn Reptyle
Nothing In Your Pocket, Music Video, MetaHara & Brooklyn Reptyle
WOW (Women Of Wisdom) Documentary, MetaHara
Trance Dance, Gnawa Documentary, Real World Music Label
Condomble AXE, MetaHara
Video Postcards, Documentary, BBC Canada
Davaray Nanobeam, Promo, MetaHara 
6 JVC Promotional Video's, Brian Stewart, Viking
Director of Multiple Cameras, Live to Web, Agape Services, Michael Beckwith
MetaHara Presents: Theater and installation
Various venues throughout the U.S. and Europe
1984 - 1998



Partial production list:


PRODUCER 

FILM EXPERIENCE 
Producer, "Odd Brodsky", Free Dream Pictures and MetaHara
Producer, "Bang Bang Brokers" Brooklyn Reptyle 
Producer, "Fetch", MetaHara, On Purpose Films, A.Leigh 
Producer, “Stronger”, Claes Act Entertainment, Claes Lilja
Producer, "In The Garden", MetaHara, Naropa Sabine
Production Manager, “Scratching The Surface”, STS-LA, LLC
Producer/ Director / Writer, “GASP”  MetaHara & Brooklyn Reptyle


COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE*
Producer, DAVARAY, “Nanobeam 940”, MetaHara
Producer, “Pure Synergy”, AMI, Mitch Meyers
Producer, Swarovski Crystal, “3 Graces”, AvidDiva, Select NY
Producer, Swarovski Crystal, "Sarabande" AvidDiva, Select NY
Producer, “AM/PM Renovate II”, Ogilvy and Mathers
Producer, JVC USA, Viking and Stewart
Producer, JVC ReBranding Campaign, Viking
Producer, JVC International, “Evario Campaign”, Brian Stewart
Producer, JVC International, “Memory Keeper”, Brian Stewart
Production Manager, “AM/PM Renovate”, Ogilvy and Mathers
Production Manager, “AM/PM, Get Stuffed”, Ogilvy and Mathers



TELEVISION EXPERIENCE
Production Manager, PBS Special, “The Answer is You” AMI
Production Manager, “Decisions, Decisions”, ABC/Stage 9
Production Supervisor, “Parental Guidance”, Lionsgate
Production Manager, “SNaX”, Sunnyboy Entertainment and RAND corp.

MUSIC VIDEO/PROMO/PSA
Producer / Director, "Nothing In Your Pocket" Rose Emanuel, MetaHara 
Producer, “GFI Punk”, M.V. Undercover Bob, Partizan
Producer, Music Video “To All of You”, 3rd side records
Producer, Live DVD, “George Clinton and the Allstars Live” Undercover Bob
Producer, M.V. “Raborn’s Trance”, MetaHara and LAFCO
PM, AD Several Network Promos, GE/Universal, Moving Parts


Creative development, client relations, MM scheduling and budgeting, payroll, permits, contracts/deal memos, vendor negotiations and relations, CPR certified, able to communicate easily and appreciate mutual respect with the cast and crew.



Non Union- 1st AD
FILM
1st AD, Carlos Spills The Beans, Brooklyn Reptile Prod. Brian McGuire
1st AD Starlight Inn, Luka Productions, Jean Shim
1st AD, Son of an Afghan Farmer, Pilgrims 7
1st AD, “Night Riders” Jim Beaver
1st AD, “Consultants”, 21st St. Films
2nd AD, “Blood and Bones”, Bare Bones Productions



TELEVISION
1st AD, “Bite Me”, Webisode Series, Epic Level & Machinima.com
2nd AD, “Zane’s Sex Chronicles”, HBO and Depasse Entertainment
1st AD, “Ghost Town”, Sunnyboy Entertainment

COMMERCIAL, PROMO, MUSIC VIDEO
1st AD, Sharkies, Joel Tabbush, 360 
1st AD, LGTV, 3D, Alex Moon, Producer
1st AD, Yakult, Humanist Films, Ming Lei
1stAD, Sketchers, Luka Productions, Young Soo Kim
1st AD, Neil Patrick Harris/VGA Spike TV, Motiv
1st AD, Samsung Galaxy 50, Luka Productions, Kwan Chung
1st AD, Spike TV VGA with Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Bute
2nd AD, Music Video “Ain’t No Reason”, Brett Denin/ Partizan Entertainment
1st AD, “Positive Workplace”, Dreamworks
1st AD Several Network Promo's:  GE/Universal, Sony, WB

I run a tight set with grace. I brought in a 28 day shoot in 27 days, with stunts, pyro,
children, animals, and multiple locations, including working in the mountains of Cuyama,
CA. on the feature film, “Son Of An Afghan Farmer”. I worked through language
barriers on the mostly Korean commercial shoots for LUKA prod. I’ve worked well with
celebrity talent, European and Asian clients. My experience as producer, manager,
supervisor, editor and director all inform my ability to AD commercials well.

SKILLS

Scenechronize, E.P. scheduling and budgeting, proficient in Microsoft Office,
Final Cut Editing, Adobe CS3, Payroll, Call Sheets, P.R.’s, Petty Cash, Purchase Orders, Permits, Contracts/Deal memos, Vendor negotiations and relations, ability to communicate easily with cast and crew, CPR certified.

Contact info:
thomaifilm@gmail.com
310.621.2022

*This is a partial list of credits, a more extensive production resume is available upon request.