Thomas Edward Seymour

Thomas Edward Seymour - Executive Producer, Director, Writer known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Shark Exorcist 2: Unholy Waters» (2024), «Bikini Bloodbath» (2006),

Tom Seymour is best known for the New York Times-celebrated VHS Massacre documentaries. Across his career, he has earned over 75 independent film awards, including five Telly Awards, a National Board of Review student nomination, and shared Emmy and YouTube Award nominations as part of the Black20 Studios team (net_work). His films have screened at Canadian Screen Award qualifying festivals and British Independent Film Award qualifying festivals such as Spirit of Independence and Northwest Film Fest, with major wins at Melbourne Underground, San Francisco IndieFest’s AHITH, Chicago Horror, Vancouver Horror Show, Tokyo Horror, WorldFest Houston and many more. In addition tom's film has screening at top genre festivals such as Cine-Excess, Torino Underground and Boston Underground. In 2025 Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story was praised by top Independent film festival Dances with Films calling it "profound".

Seymour’s feature film career began at the tail end of the 1990s independent film movement while he was working at CBS News. He produced and acted in John Krasinski’s first feature (A New Wave), directed Aubrey Plaza in one of her earliest digital shorts (Daddy’s Little Judge), and even appeared on The Tonight Show as part of the viral short Easter Bunny Hates You.

Despite mainstream attention, Seymour remains rooted in independent filmmaking. His films have been distributed by NBCUniversal’s Peacock TV, Mubi, Netflix, Troma, Screambox, Vinegar Syndrome, and Cineverse, and have been covered by major outlets including Variety, NPR, and The New York Times.

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