Tom Gorai Explained

Tom Gorai (born December 1962) is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director.

Biography

Gorai was born in Seattle, Washington.

A graduate of Vassar College with a degree in Philosophy and Film, Tom Gorai is an eighteen-year veteran of the film and television industry.

He produced Arlington Road (1999) starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins) and Joan Cusack, Going All the Way featuring Jeremy Davies and Ben Affleck,[1] and Outsourced with Josh Hamilton, Larry Pine and Ayesha Dharker, self-distributed by ShadowCatcher Entertainment[2] and American Pastime starring Jon Gries and Gary Cole, distributed by Warner Home Video.[3] > He produced the "Bachelor Party Segment" for Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire.

Gorai has also worked with such musical artists as Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, A Tribe Called Quest and Screaming Trees.[4] In 1993, Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video, produced by Gorai and directed by Mark Pellington, was awarded four MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Video of the Year.[5] He has also been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy.

Gorai has produced documentaries such as Father's Daze, for PBS, Single Video Theory, about the band Pearl Jam, and American Mullet for Chris Blackwell’s Palm Pictures.

In 2002, he joined Seattle based ShadowCatcher Entertainment.[6] He currently splits his time between New York, Los Angeles and Seattle.

Music video filmography (producer)

Filmography (producer)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pellington . Mark . Going Back to the Source . Talkhouse . 2022-11-15 . 2024-04-30.
  2. Web site: Local indie film ready to roll 'em . Arnold . William . September 27, 2007 . Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  3. Web site: American Pastime (DVD) . Amazon.com . 2024-04-30.
  4. Web site: Tom Gorai Discography . Discogs . 2024-04-30.
  5. Web site: Rock On The Net: 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. www.rockonthenet.com.
  6. Web site: About ShadowCatcher . 2023-07-24 . 2024-04-30.
  7. Web site: mvdbase.com - Tom Gorai Videography.
  8. News: Verhoeven . Beatrice . January 22, 2017 . Bleecker Street Acquires Domestic Rights to Jon Hamm Drama 'Nostalgia' . . live . May 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231021165625/https://www.thewrap.com/bleecker-street-acquires-domestic-rights-jon-hamm-drama-nostalgia/ . October 21, 2023.
  9. Web site: Street . Mike . Historical allegory played on a baseball diamond . The Asian Reporter Newspaper . 2017-04-20 . 2024-04-30.
  10. Web site: Adalian . Josef . ‘Outsourced’ works at NBC . Variety . 2007-10-08 . 2024-04-30.
  11. Web site: Zee . Michaela . Oscilloscope Laboratories to Debut 4K Re-Edit of ‘Going All the Way,’ Starring Ben Affleck (EXCLUSIVE) . Yahoo Movies Canada . 2022-10-25 . 2024-04-30.
  12. Web site: Hindes . Andrew . Joan Cusack in ‘Road’ talks . Variety . 1997-12-11 . 2024-04-30.