Thomas Kaufman

Thomas Kaufman is the author of DRINK THE TEA, which won the Private Eye Writers Competition for Best First Novel. STEAL THE SHOW is the sequel, also with Willis Gidney. In the works is the third book in the series, FACE THE MUSIC.

An Emmy Award-winning motion picture director/cameraman, Thomas shoots TV shows for National Geographic and Discovery channels about cops -- all kinds of cops, including the FBI, the DEA, and metro police all over the United states. For years he's been filming in high definition. Now he's writing in high definition.

Recently, Thomas was interviewed on NPR: http://bit.ly/cCCMPn

Since graduating from the University of Southern California with an MFA in Film Production, he has worked as a Director of Photography on documentary, commercial, and fiction films. In addition to working as director/cameraman for National Geographic and Discovery Channels, Mr Kaufman has also shot documentaries for British Broadcasting Corporation, WGBH, WNET, and for Academy Ward winners Charles Guggenheim, Barbara Koppel, and Mark Jonathan Harris.

You can see his film work here: www.thomaskaufman.com/dp

Mr Kaufman's current project is an independent documentary, INDIAN HILL. Here's the trailer which includes an interview with Pete Seeger: www.indianhillsummer.org

Mr Kaufman has twice won the Gordon Parks Award for Cinematography, and an Emmy for a documentary about deaf children, SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.