Tom Gimlette

Director's Assistant

Also available as a:
Image Researcher
Treatment Designer
Treatment Writer
Stock Footage & Video Researcher

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Tom is a creative researcher, treatment designer and mood film creator. He served as a director's assistant to Chris Palmer at Gorgeous before going freelance a year ago. Tom has a strong eye and a deep knowledge of film and photo and is skilled with Adobe Suite, especially Indesign and Premiere Pro. Tom has worked mainly in commercials but also for film and TV, and likes to combine still and moving image to communicate a strong visual narrative.

Selected credits

TV Commercials / Branded Content

Prod Co / Agency Brand / Title Type Director Producer Role Vimeo / Youtube Link

Gorgeous / NA

Speculative Feature Film

Feature Film

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

Film Researcher/ Mood Film Creator

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Gorgeous / NA

Speculative Feature Film

Feature Film

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

Film Researcher/ Mood Film Creator

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Gorgeous / NA

Speculative Feature Film

Feature

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

Film Researcher/ Mood Film Creator

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Gorgeous / N/A

Mydflower /Fairy

Branded Content

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

PA / Treatment Designer / Mood Film Creator/ Director's Assistant

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Gorgeous / Anomaly

Pokerstars/ Epic Downtime

TVC

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

PM / Image and Film Researcher / Treatment Designer / Directors Assistant

N/A

Gorgeous /adam&eveDDB

Waitrose / Back From Holiday

TVC

Chris Palmer

Rupert Smythe

PA / Treatment Designer / Image Researcher

N/A

Directors Worked with

  • Chris Palmer
  • David Blair
  • Matt Lipsey
  • Patrick Daughters
  • Samona Olanipekun

Education

  • Bristol University English and Drama 2.1
  • Berlin Met 6 Month Filmmaking Course

Production Companies Worked with

  • Gorgeous Enterprises
  • King Bert
  • Prospect 3

Genres Worked in

  • Cars
  • sports
  • family
  • action
  • history
  • thriller
  • sci-fi

Celebrities Worked with

  • Eva Green
  • Rupert Grint
  • Nick Frost
  • Don Johnson

Technical Skills

  • Premier Pro - Advanced
  • After Effects - Basic
  • Photoshop - Intermediate
  • InDesign - Advanced
  • Microsoft Excel - Basic Lightroom - Basic Illustrator - Basic

Additional Skills

  • Valid driving license