Thomas Horne Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

After a year of freelancing at the great VSA Partners in Chicago, I have come aboard as an employee. The goal is to keep as much of our video work in house as possible, and my duties include directing and managing freelance motion artists as well as doing a good share of our in-house editing, animation, motion graphics, sound design, 3D animation, and more. Excited to be onboard!

Greater Chicago Area

In October of 2016 I started working as a Creative Director for agencies and direct-to-client. For the first six months I functioned as a remote, turnkey studio for Omada Health in San Francisco.

Greater Chicago Area

I opened a branch of Georgetown Post in Chicago to service clients all over the country. Georgetown Post is a post-production company in Washington, DC that specializes in political advertising.In addition to creating over 70 commercials for Democratic candidates, I also brought in clients and created high end work for them, utilizing the Georgetown Post team. Clients included Granges Steel of Sweden, and Athleta Clothing of San Francisco.

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Il

Santa Monica, Ca

I worked on many commercials for BNS, as both Compositor and Animator. Worked with often tight deadlines and on many shots at once to achieve a unified look and feel.

Santa Monica

Working on a wide campaign of commercials for Microsoft, as well as helping out with many smaller jobs as issues present themselves.With the Microsoft work, it is a matter of producing a score of simulated Windows 8.1 user interfaces: maintaining ever-changing elements, juggling changes across a wide variety of layouts, keeping a strong eye on tiny details, and preserving a clean workflow throughout.

Santa Monica, Ca

Worked in both the After Effects and Nuke departments on commercial spots. Of particular interest, I did a six-second product demo for a Purex detergent commercial all by myself - Cinema 4D animation, After Effects animation, and Nuke compositing, as well as working with the client directly as Art Director.

Culver City, Ca

Worked heavily on an endtag for Dr. Pepper commercials. Was Postproduction Supervisor on the shoot, which included shooting a camera flying through an 8-foot tank of suspended acrylic ice cubes and super slow motion captures of soda pours. Worked as lead compositor with a team of 4 to composite the endtags in Nuke. The entire scene, after the soda tank flyout, was recreated in 3D, with the ice, fog, the pour, the can, the table, and the background all being separate elements.Also worked… Show more Worked heavily on an endtag for Dr. Pepper commercials. Was Postproduction Supervisor on the shoot, which included shooting a camera flying through an 8-foot tank of suspended acrylic ice cubes and super slow motion captures of soda pours. Worked as lead compositor with a team of 4 to composite the endtags in Nuke. The entire scene, after the soda tank flyout, was recreated in 3D, with the ice, fog, the pour, the can, the table, and the background all being separate elements.Also worked on several other spots, including some really rewarding "lo-fi" character animation for ESPN-U, and animating charismatic characters using only practically-shot 360-degree spins of hamburgers for Sonic Restaurants. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

I have worked with IF many times over the past 3 years. I have done after effects animation and compositing for all kinds of commercials, especially 2D character animation. I have worked on pitches and idea explorations, often coming up with approaches and elements that have been used in the final pieces.

Marina Del Rey, Ca

Mirada/Motion Theory made their way up with 'data visualization' as their key tagline, and this sort of deep-tech infusion runs through everything they do. Wanting that kind of depth in every shot means no down time, just expanding the creative fractal as much as possible.

Santa Monica

Worked on jobs including American Airlines' Chinese campaign, Secret ScentExpressions, and Costa Rican Board of Tourism.

Santa Monica

Worked on spots including those for Pepsi, Dodge, Behr, Sony, AT&T, Willy Wonka, and many others.

Greater Chicago Area

Shot, edited and animated for numerous entertainer promotional videos, local businesses, and as a sub-contractor for various production companies. Maintained all client relations. Did all budgeting and time management. 2004: Directed and animated a music video for New York favorites The Silent League, for the song 'Catbird Seat'. Used public domain images and films to illustrate the themes of the song. Shot the band at a rock venue in Chicago for incorporation into the video… Show more Shot, edited and animated for numerous entertainer promotional videos, local businesses, and as a sub-contractor for various production companies. Maintained all client relations. Did all budgeting and time management. 2004: Directed and animated a music video for New York favorites The Silent League, for the song 'Catbird Seat'. Used public domain images and films to illustrate the themes of the song. Shot the band at a rock venue in Chicago for incorporation into the video. Video played at Res Festival Los Angeles in 2006 and was featured in numerous film festivals in Chicago.2005: Directed and animated a music video for singer songwriter Michael Penn for his song 'Walter Reed'. Discussed the song at length with the artist with the intent to explore visually the metaphors and references within the song. Shot the artist on a soundstage in Los Angeles using a DSLR only. Took photographs all over Los Angeles for use in the video. Pulled public domain films from archive.org and used them throughout the video. Resulting video generated over 300,000 hits on YouTube.2007: Directed a music video for Suzanne Vega, for her song 'Frank and Ava'. Shot the artist on a large soundstage in Los Angeles with a crew of 20, completing 18 set ups in one day. Each set up meticulously matched the lighting of archival photos purchased through Getty Images. Post-production was done at a small studio in Chicago in two weeks. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

Worked on spots including Wrigley's "Evolution" and Georgia Power "Shed Some Light".

Greater Chicago Area

Oversaw creation and integration of live action and CG elements into high-profile websites for clients such as Cadillac, McDonalds, Diageo Liquors, Philip Morris, and Coca-Cola.Directed large scale shoots of actors and products for website content.Worked with engineers, coders, flash animators, and interactive producers to create new and innovative multimedia content for cutting-edge brand flagship websites. Stayed close to the artists to innovate new ways of integrating code… Show more Oversaw creation and integration of live action and CG elements into high-profile websites for clients such as Cadillac, McDonalds, Diageo Liquors, Philip Morris, and Coca-Cola.Directed large scale shoots of actors and products for website content.Worked with engineers, coders, flash animators, and interactive producers to create new and innovative multimedia content for cutting-edge brand flagship websites. Stayed close to the artists to innovate new ways of integrating code and content in the creation of memorable websites.Represented the multimedia component of high-brand websites in meetings, phone calls and creative sessions throughout the creative process. Co-brainstormed high-budget websites from the ground up. Directed 2D and 3D animators, editors, sound artists, and compositors, both on- and offsite, to ensure client and agency vision throughout campaigns both large and small.Retained a 'hands-on' approach, working alongside artists on the animation workload whenever possible. Continually developed new skills and techniques that I employ to this day.Worked with producers intensively on asset-heavy projects to ensure a clean and adaptable workflow.Worked steadily within dynamic and challenging multi-party relationships, sticking to schedules and budgets through challenges from agency, client, and third-party vendors. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

-Started as Assistant Editor-Became Head of Video Department after three months-Interfaced directly with clients, many of whom allowed for only the tightest of budgets and deadlines and required extensive expectation management-Shot and edited scores of weddings and corporate and individual promotional videos-Shot and edited a large scale mixed martial arts event, Ironheart Crown, in 2003 -Coordinated shooting of event within tight budget -Led 7 hired… Show more -Started as Assistant Editor-Became Head of Video Department after three months-Interfaced directly with clients, many of whom allowed for only the tightest of budgets and deadlines and required extensive expectation management-Shot and edited scores of weddings and corporate and individual promotional videos-Shot and edited a large scale mixed martial arts event, Ironheart Crown, in 2003 -Coordinated shooting of event within tight budget -Led 7 hired professionals: 4 camera, 1 live editor, 2 audio -Produced a 2-hour, 4-camera live edit -Created a fully produced DVD of the event in the weeks that followed: -Edited 4-camera video -Color Correction -Animated MMA-style graphics -Edited and mixed audio including commentary from MMA judges Show less