Thomas Schlamme - Director

Director

"You almost never see how anyone travels from point A to point C . I wanted the audience to witness every journey these people took. It all had a purpose, even seeing them order lunch. It just seemed to be the proper visual rhythm with which to marry Aaron's words. I got lucky that it worked."

—Thomas Schlamme, on the "Walk and Talk" device.

He directed his first movie, Miss Firecracker, in 1989. He also directed the comedy movie, So I Married an Axe Murderer in 1993 with Mike Myers.

Schlamme directed the pilot episode of Spin City.

He is currently working on the TV series Parenthood for NBC and Pan Am for ABC.