EXCLUSIVE: Contemporary off success with the acclaimed docs Sly and Willie Nelson & Household, respectively chronicling the lives and careers of Sylvester Stallone and the enduring same-name nation artist, Thom Zimny has signed with Artists First. The manufacturing and administration firm will search for alternatives to assist the filmmaker showcase his skills within the narrative characteristic world.
An Emmy and Grammy Award-winning director, producer and editor, Zimny co-directed Willie Nelson & Household with Oren Moverman. The challenge marked the primary licensed doc on the life and profession of Nelson, premiering on the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant earlier than debuting on Paramount+.
Analyzing Stallone’ decades-long via Hollywood, the Zimny-helmed Sly debuted on the streamer after closing out TIFF final fall. Up subsequent for the multi-hyphenate is The Seashore Boys, a doc on the beloved surf rockers, co-directed with Frank Marshall for Disney+, which will probably be launched later this yr.
A daily collaborator of Bruce Springsteen’s over the past 25 years, Zimny gained an Emmy for his directing of Springsteen on Broadway. He additionally helmed Apple TV+’s Letter to You, documenting Springsteen and the E Road Band’s recording of their album of the identical identify, teaming with Springsteen to direct music doc Western Stars, which premiered at TIFF and was an official number of London’s BFI. Different Springsteen-centric initiatives from Zimny embrace his Grammy-winning Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run and HBO titles The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Fringe of City, Bruce Springsteen’s Excessive Hopes, and The Ties That Bind.
Along with music movies for Bob Dylan, The Low Anthem and others, Himney has helmed The Present: The Journey of Johnny Money and HBO two-parter Elvis: The Searcher, amongst additional initiatives. Beforehand, he edited three seasons of the traditional HBO sequence The Wire, serving as a consulting producer on Downloaded (VH1) and Deep Internet (Epix), and as a music marketing consultant on HBO miniseries Present Me a Hero.
Zimny continues to be represented by CAA.
