
Thomas Edward Seymour
Biography
Tom Seymour is best known for the New York Times-celebrated VHS Massacre documentaries. Across his career, he has earned over 70 independent film awards, including five Telly Awards, a National Board of Review student nomination, and shared Emmy and YouTube Award nominations as part of the Black20 Studios team (net_work). His films have screened at Canadian Screen Awards–qualifying festivals and British Independent Film Award–qualifying festivals such as Spirit of Independence, with major wins at San Francisco IndieFest’s AHITH, Chicago Horror Film Festival, Vancouver Horror Show, and more.
Seymour’s feature film career began at the tail end of the 1990s independent film movement while he was working at CBS News. He produced and acted in John Krasinski’s first feature (A New Wave), directed Aubrey Plaza in one of her earliest digital shorts (Daddy’s Little Judge), and even appeared on The Tonight Show as part of the viral short Easter Bunny Hates You.
Despite mainstream attention, Seymour remains rooted in independent filmmaking. His films have been distributed by NBCUniversal’s Peacock TV, Mubi, Netflix, Troma, Screambox, Vinegar Syndrome, and Cineverse, and have been covered by major outlets including Variety, NPR, and The New York Times.
Acting (10 movies)

The Land of College Prophets
2005

The Land of College Prophets
2005

Fake
2011

American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
2024

Everything Moves Alone
2001

VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
2016

London Betty
2009

Being Michael Madsen
2007

Exorcism of Fleete Marish
2023

VHS Massacre Too
2020
Directing (11 movies)

Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash
2008

Bikini Bloodbath
2006
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
2012

The Land of College Prophets
2005

VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
2016

VHS Massacre Too
2020

Daddy's Little Judge
2008

American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
2024

Bikini Bloodbath: Christmas
2009

London Betty
2009

Exorcism of Fleete Marish
2023
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor | 1998 | Writer | 
| Everything Moves Alone | 2001 | Writer | 
| Bikini Bloodbath | 2006 | Executive Producer | 
| Bikini Bloodbath | 2006 | Writer | 
| Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash | 2008 | Producer | 
| Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash | 2008 | Writer | 
| London Betty | 2009 | Writer | 
| Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast | 2012 | Writer | 
| Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast | 2012 | Executive Producer | 
| VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media | 2016 | Executive Producer | 
| Shark Exorcist 2: Unholy Waters | 2024 | Executive Producer |