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Tom Poole (colorist)

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Tom Poole

Tom Poole is the Chief Creative Officer and Senior Colorist at Company 3. He was born in London, England, where he began his career, before moving to the States in 2004. He joined Company 3 in 2007.

Career

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In 2013,[1] 2015[2] and 2016 he won a Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) award for Outstanding Color Grading. [1] Poole was recognized with two 2019 AICP awards for ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ on National Lottery ‘Amazing Starts Here’ and ‘Best Music Video Color Grading’ for The Carters ‘Apes**t’.[3] In 2017 Poole won the AICP ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ award for Squarespace ‘John's Journey’[4] and in 2016 the ‘Best Color Grading’ award for the Adidas ‘Future’ campaign.[4]

In 2017 Poole was accepted into The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.[5]

Selected filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
2011 Drive Nicolas Winding Refn Newton Thomas Sigel Matthew Newman Senior Colorist Color Assistant: Andrew Geary
2012 The Grey Joe Carnahan Masanobu Takayanagi Roger Barton & Jason Hellmann

Additional Editor: Joseph Jett Sally

Compliance Craig Zobel Adam Stone Jane Rizzo
The Place Beyond the Pines Derek Cianfrance Sean Bobbitt Jim Helton & Ron Patane
2013 Kill Your Darlings John Krokidas Reed Morano Brian A. Kikes Supervising Colorist Additional Colorist: Andrew Geary
Magic Magic Sebastián Silva Christopher Doyle & Glenn Kaplan Jacob Craycroft & Álex Rodríguez
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen Sean Bobbitt Joe Walker Digital Intermediate Colorist
Oldboy Spike Lee Sean Bobbitt Barry Alexander Brown

Additional Editor: Paul Hirsch

Colorist Color Assistant: Giovanni DiGiorgio

Head of Production: Nick Monton

Out of the Furnace Scott Cooper Masanobu Takayanagi David Rosenbloom
2014 The Skeleton Twins Craig Johnson Reed Morano Jennifer Lee Supervising Colorist
Non-Stop Jaume Collet-Serra Flavio Martínez Labiano Jim May Senior Colorist
Foxcatcher Bennett Miller Greig Fraser Stuart Levy, Conor O'Neill & Jay Cassidy
Lullaby Andrew Levitas Florian Ballhaus Julie Monroe
Let's Be Cops Luke Greenfield Daryn Okada Bill Pankow & Jonathan Schwartz Digital Intermediate Colorist Digital Intermediate Producers: Nick Monton, Colin Davis

Dailies Colorist: John Petersen

Rosewater Jon Stewart Bobby Bukowski Jay Rabinowitz Colorist
The Longest Week Peter Glanz Ben Kutchins Sarah Flack Supervising Colorist
Love & Mercy Bill Pohlad Robert Yeoman Dino Jonsäter Senior Colorist
The Cobbler Tom McCarthy W. Mott Hupfel III Tom McArdle
Kill the Messenger Michael Cuesta Sean Bobbitt Brian A. Kates
2015 True Story Rupert Goold Masanobu Takayanagi Christopher Tellefsen & Nicolas de Toth
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Marielle Heller Brandon Trost Marie-Hélène Dozo & Koen Timmerman
Run All Night Jaume Collet-Serra Martin Ruhe Dirk Westervelt
Spotlight Tom McCarthy Masanobu Takayanagi Tom McArdle
Black Mass Scott Cooper David Rosenbloom
Meadowland Reed Morano Madeleine Gavin
Rock the Kasbah Barry Levinson Sean Bobbitt Aaron Yanes
2016 The Light Between Oceans Derek Cianfrance Adam Arkapaw Jim Helton & Ron Patane Supervising Colorist
Queen of Katwe Mira Nair Sean Bobbitt Barry Alexander Brown
Keeping Up with the Joneses Greg Mottola Andrew Dunn David Rennie Colorist: Andrew Geary

Color Assistants: Giovanni DiGiorgio, Nicholas Figueroa, Josh Spector, Ewelina Nietupska

Assassin's Creed Justin Kurzel Adam Arkapaw Christopher Tellefsen Digital Intermediate Colorist Additional Color: Greg Fisher

Color Assistants: Lucie Barbier, Jonas Jangvad, Chris Francis

2017 Hostiles Scott Cooper Masanobu Takayanagi Tom Cross senior colorist
On Chesil Beach Dominic Cooke Sean Bobbitt Nick Fenton senior colorist
Stronger David Gordon Green Dylan Tichenor senior colorist
I, Tonya Craig Gillespie Nicolas Karakatsanis Tatiana S. Riegel Senior Colorist
2018 12 Strong Nicolai Fuglsig Rasmus Videbæk Lisa Lassek Colorist
I Think We're Alone Now Reed Morano Madeleine Gavin senior colorist
Galveston Mélanie Laurent Arnaud Potier Joseph Krings colorist
BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee Chayse Irvin Barry Alexander Brown Colorist
Cam Daniel Goldhaber Katelin Arizmendi Daniel Garber Supervising Colorist
White Boy Rick Yann Demange Tat Radcliffe Chris Wyatt Colorist Color Assistants: Josh Spector, Jake White

Dailies Colorist: Adrian Delude

Widows Steve McQueen Sean Bobbitt Joe Walker
Halloween David Gordon Green Michael Simmonds Tim Alverson
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Lasse Hallström & Joe Johnston Linus Sandgren Stuart Levy
Escape at Dannemora Ben Stiller Jessica Lee Gagné Geoffrey Richman & Matthew Jamieson supervising colorist
2019 Euphoria Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Morrison & Pippa Bianco Marcell Rév, André Chemetoff, Drew Daniels, Adam Newport-Berra & Rina Yang Julio C. Perez IV, Laura Zempel, Harry Yoon, Aaron I. Butler & Darrin Navarro final & supervising colorist Airing since 2019
The King David Michôd Adam Arkapaw Peter Sciberras senior supervising colorist
Queen & Slim Melina Matsoukas Tat Radcliffe Pete Beaudreau senior colorist
21 Bridges Brian Kirk Paul Cameron Tim Murrell senior colorist
2020 The Courier Dominic Cooke Sean Bobbitt Tariq Anwar & Gareth C. Scales colorist: Company 3
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Tom McCarthy Masanobu Takayanagi Tom McArdle senior finishing colorist
The Rhythm Section Reed Morano Sean Bobbitt Joan Sobel senior finishing colorist
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell Stefan Duscio Andy Canny senior finishing colorist
Bad Education Cory Finley Lyle Vincent Louise Ford senior colorist Color Assist: Jake White
Human Capital Marc Meyers Kat Westergaard Tariq Anwar & Alex Hall supervising colorist
Project Power Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Michael Simmonds Jeff McEvoy Colorist Head of Production: Margaret Lewis

Color Assistant: Jake White

Jungleland Max Winkler Damian Garcia Tomas Vengris Supervising Colorist
Dreamland Miles Joris-Peyrafitte Lyle Vincent Abbi Jutkowitz & Brett M. Reed Digital Intermediate Colorist
2021 Malcolm & Marie Sam Levinson Marcell Rév Julio C. Perez IV Company 3 Colorist Company 3 Color Assistant: Jake White

FotoKem NextLAB Dailies Colorist: Dan Garsha

Judas and the Black Messiah Shaka King Sean Bobbitt Kristan Sprague & Jennifer Lame Digital Intermediate Colorist Digital Intermediate Conform Artist: John Diesso

Digital Intermediate Producer: Margaret Lewis

Monster Anthony Mandler David Devlin Joe Klotz Supervising Colorist
Cruella Craig Gillespie Nicolas Karakatsanis Tatiana S. Riegel Colorist Color Assists: John Tripp (LA), Melina Smith (NY)

Image Scientist: John Quartel

Stillwater Tom McCarthy Masanobu Takayanagi Tom McArdle Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist
Kate Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Lyle Vincent Sandra Montiel & Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir Senior Colorist
Blue Bayou Justin Chon Matthew Chuang, Ante Cheng Reynolds Barney Colorist Color Assistants: Jake White, Nick Nassif

Image Scientist: John Quartel

Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky Brandon Trost Anne McCabe Supervising Colorist Colorist: Andrew Geary
Halloween Kills David Gordon Green Michael Simmonds Tim Alverson Colorist
Antlers Scott Cooper Florian Hoffmeister Dylan Tichenor Finishing Colorist
Swan Song Benjamin Cleary Masanobu Takayanagi Nathan Nugent Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist
2022 The Survivor Barry Levinson George Steel Douglas Crise Supervising Colorist Finishing Colorist: Jenny Montgomery

Color Assistant: Jake White

Blonde Andrew Dominik Chayse Irvin Adam Robinson & Jennifer Lame Finishing Colorist (with Andrew Geary & Jake White) Color Assistant: Ben White
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ryan Coogler Autumn Durald Arkapaw Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon & Jennifer Lame Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs

Finishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D)

The Menu Mark Mylod Peter Deming Christopher Tellefsen Finishing Colorist Lead Color Assistant: Melina Smith

Data Manager: Stacey Lee

The Pale Blue Eye Scott Cooper Masanobu Takayanagi Dylan Tichenor Supervising Colorist Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Dailies Colorist/Operator: Greg Lomasney

2023

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Title Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
Jamojaya Justin Chon Ante Cheng Reynolds Barney Colorist Company 3 Producer: Zac Gobetz

Company 3 Head of Production: Mike Maida

Landscape with Invisible Hand Cory Finley Lyle Vincent Louise Ford Finishing Colorist Dailies Colorist: Marc Lulkin

Color Assistant: Emily Bailey

Past Lives Celine Song Shabier Kirchner Keith Fraase

Additional Editor: Shannon Fitzpatrick

Color Assistants: Andrew Mirnamesh, Mena Smith

Finishing Producer: Zac Gobetz

Shotgun Wedding Jason Moore Peter Deming Doc Crotzer Colorist Additional Color: Jenny Montgomery

Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Jake White

If You Were the Last Kristian Mercado Alex Disenhof Henry Hayes Supervising Finishing Colorist Finishing Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Andrew Mirmanesh

Dreamin' Wild Bill Pohlad Arnaud Potier Annette Davey Colorist Dailies Colorist (AP): Gabriel McIntyre

Head of Production: Michael Maeda

The Good Mother Miles Joris-Peyrafitte Charlotte Hornsby Taylor Levy, Damian Rodriguez Supervising Colorist Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Dumb Money Craig Gillespie Nikolas Karakatsanis Kirk Baxter

Additional Editor: Rex Lowry

Finishing Colorist

Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth

Color Assistant: Melina Smith

Dailies Colorist (LA): Tom Klane

Fingernails Christos Nikou Marcell Rév Yorgos Zafeiris Colorist Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Dailies Colorist: Kelly Milligan

The Marvels Nia DaCosta Sean Bobbitt Evan Schiff, Catrin Hedström Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs

Finishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D)

Leave the World Behind Sam Esmail Tod Campbell Lisa Lassek Finishing Colorist

Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth

Color Assistant: Mena Smith

Head of Dailies: Andrew Dearnley

2024

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Title Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
Origin Ava DuVernay Matthew J. Lloyd Spencer Averick Colorist

Additional Colorist: Matt Osborne

Color Assistant: Jason Maydick

Dailies Colorist: Karli Windischmann

The Greatest Hits Ned Benson Chung-hoon Chung Saira Haider Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson

Dailies Colorist: Tom Klane

A Quiet Place: Day One Michael Sarnoski Pat Scola Andrew Mondshein, Gregory Plotkin Supervising Colorist Finishing / Dailies Colorist: Jake M. White

Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Mark Molloy Eduard Grau Dan Lebental

Additional Editor: Asaf Eisenberg

Supervising Colorist

Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson

Dailies Colorists: Jack Tashdjian, Tom Klane

MaXXXine Ti West Eliot Rockett Ti West Finishing Colorist

Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson

Dailies Colorist: Jack Tashdjian

Rez Ball Sydney Freeland Kira Kelly Jessica Baclesse

Additional Editor: Elliott Traeger

Finishing Colorist Dailies Colorist/Additional Colorist: Jake M. White
Blitz Steve McQueen Yorick Le Saux Peter Sciberras Colorist Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Carry-On Jaume Collet-Serra Lyle Vincent Elliot Greenberg, Krisztian Majdik, Fred Raskin

2025

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Title Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
Magazine Dreams Elijah Bynum Adam Arkapaw Jon Otazua Colorist Finishing Editor: Gina Kalim

Company 3 Producer: Kate Albers

Thunderbolts* Jake Schreier Andrew Droz Palermo Angela M. Catanzaro, Harry Yoon Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs
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Television

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Year Title Showrunner(s) Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
2019 The Righteous Gemstones Danny McBride Danny McBride, David Gordon Green & Jody Hill Brandon Trost & Michael Simmonds Justin Bourret, Todd Zelin, Craig Hayes & Sam Seig Supervising Colorist Colorist: Andrew Geary
2020 I Know This Much Is True Derek Cianfrance & Anya Epstein Derek Cianfrance Jody Lee Lipes Ron Patane, Jim Helton, Malcolm Jamieson, Dean Palisch & Nico Leunen Senior Colorist
Small Axe Steve McQueen Shabier Kirchner Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen
2021 Physical Annie Weisman Craig Gillespie, Liza Johnson, Stephanie Laing Paula Huidobro Sophie Corra Supervising Colorist Colorist: J. Cody Baker

Dailies Colorist: Tom Klane

2022 Euphoria Sam Levinson Marcell Rev Julio Perez Final Colorist Season 2

Colorist: Jake White

Pam & Tommy Robert Siegel Craig Gillespie, Lake Bell, Gwyneth Horder-Payton & Hannah Fidell Paula Huidobro Tatiana S. Riegel, Annette Davey, Michael Giambra & Eric Kissack DI Supervising Colorist DI Colorist: J. Cody Baker

Dailies Colorist: John St. Laurent

Severance Dan Erickson Ben Stiller & Aoife McArdle Jessica Lee Gagné & Matt Mitchell Geoffrey Richman, Gershon Hinkson & Erica Freed Marker Supervising Colorist Colorist: Andrew Geary

Additional Colorist: Ben White

Pachinko Soo Hugh Kogonada & Justin Chon Florian Hoffmeister & Ante Cheng Simon Brasse, Joe Hobeck, Erica Freed Marker, Susan E. Kim, Jacob Craycroft & Sabine Hoffman Colorist: Andrew Geary

Company 3 Color Producer: Zachary Gobetz

2023 Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter Marcell Rév Brendan Walter

Online Editor: Nicholas McGregor

Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

Dailies Colorist: Jon Rocke

The Idol Abel Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, Sam Levinson Sam Levinson Marcell Rév, Drew Daniels, Julie Cohen, Arseni Khachaturan Julio C. Perez IV, Aaron Butler, Aleshka Ferrero Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
The Changeling Kelly Marcel Melina Matsoukas, Jonathan van Tulleken, Dana Gonzales, Michael Francis Williams, Solvan "Slick" Naim Marcell Rév, Christopher Norr, Steve Cosen Geoff Ashenhurst, Jonathan Eagan, Hye Na Colorist (with Bill Ferwerda) Additional Colorist: Ian Passy
2024 American Rust Season 2: Broken Justice Dan Futterman Jim McKay, Michael Lehmann, Radium Cheung, Melissa Hickey Justin Foster Tamar Bihari Supervising Colorist
The Sympathizer Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar Park Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles, Marc Munden Ji Yong Kim TBA Colorist (with Matt Osborne) Finishing Artist: Mike Delegal

Dailies Colorist: John St. Laurent

Music videos

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Year Title Artist(s)/Group(s) Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
2022 Lux Æterna Metallica Timothy Saccenti Joshua Zucker-Pluda Matt Posey Colorist
Lift Me Up Rihanna Autumn Durald Arkapaw Andrew Heagle Color Producer: Behnood Behjoo

Color Assist: Frankie Hudson

2023 Flowers Miley Cyrus Jacob Bixenman Marcell Rév Brendan Walter
River Adam Newport-Berra Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup
Where She Goes Bad Bunny Stillz Marcell Rév Aitor Bigas Shot on 35mm and 16mm Kodak Vision3 200T, 500T and Ektachrome film
Used to Be Young Miley Cyrus Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter Brendan Walter Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup
Un Preview Bad Bunny Stillz Aitor Bigas
Baticano Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup

Commercials

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Year Title Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Roles Other notes
2022 Michelob ULTRA: Welcome to Superior Bowl Rachel Morrison Tommy Harden Colorist Shot on Kodak 35 mm film with Arricam and Arriflex 435 cameras
David Yurman: Come Closer Nathan Copan Max Goldman William Town Color finishing completed at Modern Post

Shot on Sony CineAlta Venice cameras with Panavision Sphero 65 lenses

2023 Michelob ULTRA: New Members Day Rachel Morrison Eric Alexander-Hughes, Tommy Harden Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) Company 3 Producers: Shannen Troup, Nick Kraznic

Shot on Kodak 35 mm film

Rakuten: Not-So Clueless Will Speck and Josh Gordon Bill Pope Graham Turner Colorist Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup
TurboTax: Dancer Fiona McGee Ross Giardana Eric Hill, Steve Sprinkel
NBA: Little Black Book Karim Huu Do Rina Yang TBA Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup

Visual Effects by Framestore

Blizzard Entertainment: Art of Choice Henry Hobson TBA Stew Reeves Flame Lead: Wensen Ho

Finishing Producers: Shannen Troup, Alex Park Hooper

Metallica: 72 Seasons Tim Saccenti Joshua Zucker-Pluda Tyler Hurst Finishing Producer: Shannen Troup
Sydney Sweeney x Ford Bronco Lucy Sandler Evan Prosofsky Matt Burke
Gucci: The Gift Sabato De Sarno (Creative), Riccardo (Artistic) Marcell Rév TBA
Ritz: The Ritzcracker Camila Zapiola Leandro Filloy Finishing Producer: Shannen Troup

Visual Effects by Framestore

Apple Inc.: Mother Nature TBA TBA
2024 BMW: Talkin Like Walken Bryan Buckley Hoyte van Hoytema Chan Hatcher Senior Colorist Color Producer: Shannen Troup
Uber Eats: Don't Forget Uber Eats Jake Szymanski Larkin Seiple Kirk Baxter, Matt Murphy, Zaldy Lopez, Danielle Sclafani, Cole Grom Senior Colorist (with Matt Osborne)
Hellmann's: Mayo Cat Will Speck and Josh Gordon Darren Lew Pamela Petruski, Danielle Minch Senior Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) Color Producer: Shannen Troup

Visual Effects by Framestore

FanDuel: Gronk Misses the FanDuel Kick of Destiny 2 Mike Warzin Autumn Durald Arkapaw Grant Surmi Senior Colorist Color Producer: Shannen Troup

References

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  1. ^ a b "2013 Hollywood Post Alliance Award Winners Announced". HPA – Hollywood Professional Association. 8 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Winners of the 2015 HPA Awards". 16 November 2015.
  3. ^ "tom poole - AICP". www.aicppostawards.com.
  4. ^ a b "AICE : Events : AICE Awards Show : 2017 Finalists". www.aice.org.
  5. ^ Academy, The. "New Academy Members". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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