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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

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

Feature films

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	Supervising Colorist	Additional Colorist: Andrew Geary
	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	Colorist
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	Masanobu Takayanagi	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	Sean Bobbitt	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

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	Finishing Colorist	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

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	Colorist Additional Colorist: Matt Osborne	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	Colorist	Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

2025

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

Key
†	Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Television

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
2020	Small Axe	Steve McQueen		Shabier Kirchner	Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen	Senior Colorist
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
2024	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

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
2022	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	Miley Cyrus	Jacob Bixenman	Adam Newport-Berra	Brendan Walter		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	Bad Bunny	Stillz		Aitor Bigas		Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup

Commercials

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
2022	David Yurman: Come Closer	Nathan Copan	Max Goldman	William Town	Colorist	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		Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup
	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)	Color Producer: Shannen Troup
	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

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

External links

Tom Poole at IMDb

[auto-1] "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.

[auto1-4] "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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