About Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas has been teaching and developing film directing courses for film directing with Raindance since 2000, with a strong emphasis on storytelling and communications skills.
Chris learnt his key skills from acting and directing in the theatre where the focus was always on using limited resources and engaging the audience’s imagination; it was a natural shift for him into filmmaking.
As a teacher, Chris prioritises the clear communication and encourages his students to harness their individual talents through the methods he demonstrates. He first and foremost believes learning is a two-way process, and as a filmmaker, it never ends.
Recently, Chris has shot the teaser trailer for the psychological thriller, Dead of Winter and also short film Emma’s Last Date. He is currently in development with his dark comedy feature script, The Devil You Don’t.
Direct Films Like Sherlock
What film directors can learn from the world’s first consulting detective We film directors immerse ourselves in pre-production, and countless planning meetings. We are always re-working our approach to the story, the way we visualise it, with help from our...
Script Analysis for Directors – Five Top Tips
As a film director, we may be very technically adept, have a great visual style or be skilled at soliciting a strong performance from our actors; we should aim to be all three. However, no matter where our key strengths lie, we need one thing first to be able to...
