Tom Deedy's Page

Tom Deedy         Writer/Director       Member of The Dramatists Guild, New York

Manager: Max Freedman of Max Freedman Media, 11664 National Blvd., #316, Los Angeles, CA 90064  310-429-9707, maxfmedia@gmail.com; Producers, Producers Consultants, I'mManuel Productions. www.maxfmedia.com

writer - "Presidential Pardon" original full-length comedic stage play, writer-for-hire, featuring President Obama imitator, Reggie Brown, Producer: Dustin Gold, William Gold Entertainment, www.williamgold.com, www.polliticostour.com;

writer - Black And Blue, feature/musical, the story of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie's Goodwill Tour of Africa, 1955, sponsored by The US State Department; the two great musicians learn lessons that they apply to the fledgling Civil Rights Movement in America, writer-for-hire assignment; 2010

writer - Altar of Greed, FINALIST 2009 - The Movie Deal Screenplay Competition, thriller/horror genre, www.TheMovieDeal.com  - the true crime story of LA's infamous Black Widow Killers, Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, writer-for-hire assignment, retained as writer by the daughter of victim number one; screenplay by Tom Deedy, in development with I'mManuel Productions 

writer - The Vintner, feature film, Producer Max Freedman attached, Director Julia Jay Pierrepont III attached;

writer - THUNDER DOYLE, feature film, preproduction spring ’09, production summer ’09, co-producer Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos) director Eugene J Celico, co-writer, story based on my stage play, Thunder Doyle;  see IMDB for cast;

writer - First Traitor, novel by Commander (ret. USN) Jeff Wade, screenplay by Tom Deedy for Steve Gagnon, Gravity Entertainment

director -  Week 41, Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan-Lori Parks 365, World Premiere, From The Absolutely True Adventures of Afrodite Jackson-Jones, Hygienic Arts, Inc., Hygienic Arts Park, Aug '07

writer/director - RIVER STREET Pilot episode, Creative Screenwriting Magazine AAA Teleplay contest, quarterfinalist, spring 2007

RIVER STREET SERIES, one-hour episodes, contemporary waterfront drama, in depth interview posted on www.newenglandfilm.com under Profiles.  Pilot episode is called River Street.  Treatment includes major character breakdowns, overview, template, detailed synopses for 14 episodes. 

THE EXERCISE, 1st Prize Hygienic Arts Inc FilmWerks, short, production 10/06 in HD, sponsored by Hygienic Arts Inc. www.hygienic.org, funded by The Connecticut Commission on the Arts.

THE BATTLE AXE, h.m., FilmMaker Magazine’s 2005 American Gem Short Scripts National Contest,

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, “The Water Rope” a 26 minute film written, directed, and produced by Tom Deedy; special screening with Slamdance, Los Angeles “Shorts From Slamdance” 8/22/02; World Premiere Hygienic Arts Festival Screening Room, New London, CT, 1/29/01.  A 3 star review has been posted on www.filmthreat.com

Trinity Repertory Company.  Tom has been an actor with the Tony Award Winning company, featured roles in “The Front Page” by Hecht & MacArthur, The World Premiere production of “The Web” by Martha Boesing, directed by Adrian Hall, American Premiere of “Dead Souls” by Gogol, directed by Adrian Hall.

DAWN, by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Winner, World Premiere production, directed by David Jaffe, Connecticut College symposium on Jew Hatred: Paradigm for Racism? 1993, created the role of The Prophet.

PRIVATEERS, written by Tom Deedy, directed by Richard Digby Day, National Theater Institute, produced by The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, First Prize in a National Competition, celebrating the City of New London, Connecticut’s 350th anniversary.

The Ring Magazine.  “The Bible of Boxing”, New England reporter, World Championship prize fights, featured stories published 1995-1997.

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Screenplays, Teleplays & Awards:

HOTEL SURINAME, pilot for series Gold Bugs, OUTLAW SAM BASS, THE VINTNER -- in development, ALTAR OF GREED in development,

FOLIAGE (noir thriller) NICE GUYS FINISH LAST, BRIDGE MUSIC, SPINDLETHRIFT THE HEDGEMAN, FIRST TRAITOR, screenplay by Tom Deedy based on the novel by Commander (ret.USN) Jeff Wade; NIGHT OF THE VULTURE;   THUNDER DOYLE -- in pre- production; SIMPLICITY (sitcom); RIVER STREET - teleplay, pilot episode - (Creative Screenwriting Magazine 2007 quarterfinalist, AAA competition), THE EXERCISE (1st Prize Hygienic Arts FilmWerks Annual Shorts Contest, 2006)  THE BATTLE AXE (h.m., FilmMaker Magazine American Gem Shorts Contest, 2005) SANDMAN, THE MERESTONE, THE OBIT MAN, SECRETS KILL, FOLIAGE, THE RADICAL, THE SWEET LITTLE SCAM, THE WATER ROPE, THE COLD WARRIORS, THE WATERBUG. Adaptation - “HOW BEAUTIFUL WITH SHOES”, classic American Short Story by Wilbur Daniel Steele.

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B.A. American Literature, Connecticut College, New London, CT ~ Writing Teacher: William Meredith, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Poet Laureate of the National Library of Congress; Tom is a graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory, recognized by Brown University M.F.A. Theater Arts

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Founder of Tom Deedy Productions LLC, Founder, President of the Board of Directors, The Tavern Players Inc., a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 experimental stage company; 150 productions since 1980

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Member of The Independent Feature Project, The Dramatists Guild, Inc., The Academy of American Poets, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Connecticut College Lacrosse Alumni Association

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Tom Deedy                                         

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