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Thom Powers

Thom Powers

Producer, Director, Camera and Electrical Department

Born October 7, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Thom Powers serves as the documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and is the artistic director of DOC NYC, the largest documentary festival in the United States. He hosts the podcasts Pure Nonfiction for the TIFF podcast network and Documentary of the Week for WNYC, New York's public radio station. Powers programs for the digital platform Sundance Now, the Miami Film Festival, and the Stranger Than Fiction series at New York's IFC Center. He co-founded the Cinema Eye Honors, the Garrett Scott Documentary Grant, and the Montclair Film Festival. He teaches documentary producing at the School of Visual Arts and previously taught for 12 years at New York University's SCPS. Prior to his work as a festival programmer, Powers spent ten years directing documentaries for HBO and PBS and had a prior career in publishing at Fantagraphics Books. Raised in the Detroit suburbs, he currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Raphaela Neihausen and their son Bez.

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All the Empty Rooms Poster

All the Empty Rooms Short Film2025

A Tree of Life Poster

A Tree of Life Feature Film2022

Down a Dark Stairwell Poster

Down a Dark Stairwell Documentary2020

Angels Are Made Of Light Poster

Angels Are Made Of Light Documentary2018

To Tell the Truth TV Series2016

9-Man Documentary2014

Metallica: This Monster Lives Poster

Metallica: This Monster Lives Short Film2014

Let the Fire Burn Poster

Let the Fire Burn Documentary2013

Artifact Poster

Artifact Documentary2012

Call Me Kuchu Poster

Call Me Kuchu Documentary2012

Committed: The Toronto International Film Festival Documentary2010

Soul Power Poster

Soul Power Documentary2008

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home Poster

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home Documentary2007

Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa Poster

Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa Documentary2007

Operation Filmmaker Poster

Operation Filmmaker Documentary2007

Gaza Strip Poster

Gaza Strip Documentary2002

How to Draw a Bunny Poster

How to Draw a Bunny Documentary2002

Let the Church Say, Amen Poster

Let the Church Say, Amen Documentary2002

Miss India Georgia Poster

Miss India Georgia Documentary1997

'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America Documentary

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Loving & Cheating Documentary2005

Red Hook Justice Poster

Red Hook Justice Documentary2005

Guns & Mothers Poster

Guns & Mothers Documentary2003

Shorts from the Underground TV Series2002

EGG, the Arts Show Poster

EGG, the Arts Show TV Series2000

Here Is New York Documentary2000

Out of Danger Documentary2000

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Private Dicks: Men Exposed Poster

Private Dicks: Men Exposed Documentary1999

Animal ER Poster

Animal ER Documentary1996

Breasts: A Documentary Poster

Breasts: A Documentary Documentary1996

Mercy Feature Film1995

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

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Type

Year

Loving & Cheating Documentary2005

Guns & Mothers Poster

Guns & Mothers Documentary2003

Here Is New York Documentary2000

Out of Danger Documentary2000

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Private Dicks: Men Exposed Poster

Private Dicks: Men Exposed Documentary1999

America Undercover Poster

America Undercover TV Series1993

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Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

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Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

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