Thomas Lee Wright

Thomas Lee Wright (* 20th century in Moscow , Idaho ) is an American film producer , film director , screenwriter and documentary filmmaker .

Career

Wright's film career began in 1990 with the action film Blue Heat by John Mackenzie , for which he co-wrote the script. The following year, he and Barry Michael Cooper developed the story and script for the gangster film New Jack City by Mario van Peebles , in which Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown and Ice-T as Scotty Appleton can be seen in the lead roles.

He made his directorial debut in 1993 with the documentary Eight-Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip . Thomas Lee Wright also produced documentaries for the Discovery Channel , among other things , as well as feature films such as Battle in Seattle by Stuart Townsend with Charlize Theron , Woody Harrelson , Ray Liotta and Michelle Rodríguez .

The producer was also on the documentary short film Edith + Eddie by Laura Checkoway , for which both received an Oscar nomination in the category “ Best Documentary Short ” at the 2018 Academy Awards . However, Frank Stiefel received the award for his contribution Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 . Wright also received the IDA Documentary Award for this film from the International Documentary Association .

personal data
SURNAME	Wright, Thomas Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wright, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film producer, film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow (Idaho) , Idaho , United States