| Thomas Schlamme | |
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| Born | Thomas David Schlamme May 22, 1950 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Known for |
3 Primetime Emmy Awards The West Wing |
| Spouse | Christine Lahti (1983-present) |
Thomas David Schlamme (born May 22, 1950) is an American television director.
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Schlamme moved from his native Houston to New York in 1973. After serving in several low level positions for production companies, he founded his own company, Schlamme Productions, in 1980. From there, he produced campaigns for a number of musicals, including Cats. Throughout the 1980s, he produced a number of specials on various entertainers including Whoopi Goldberg and Rowan Atkinson.
Starting in the late 1990s, he served as producer for shows such as Tracey Takes On and has directed shows such as Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Friends, ER and Shaun Cassidy's Invasion.
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.
Schlamme first worked with Aaron Sorkin on his short-lived ABC comedy/drama Sports Night, for which he directed 16 of its 45 episodes. Their biggest break was in 1999, teaming up again on their hit political drama The West Wing. He directed the pilot episode and from then on served as the executive producer until 2003. He directed 14 episodes of The West Wing in addition to serving as executive producer. He directed the pilot episode of his latest collaboration with Sorkin, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and was executive producing the show until it was cancelled after a run in the 2006-2007 season.
He is married to actress Christine Lahti and has three children.
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