BIO:

Thomas Gaito has enjoyed working in the Television, Film and Commercial Production industry for over 19 years, on over 1800 commercial film productions. He is as happy to be working locally as abroad, on location and in studio. 

Thomas currently lives in Brooklyn NY

THOMAS GAITO

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

 Objective

To Work in Film and TV Commercial Production as a 1st Assistant Director

CREDITS

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Beastie Boys Story, Director Spike Jonze

IMBD TOM GAITO

Present - 2012 Commercial 1st Assistant Director,

1st Assistant Director The Beastie Boys Story - Spike Jonze

Associate Director My Next Guest With David Letterman Michael Bonofiglio - 1 ,3,4,& 6 - Radical Media

Production Manager Springsteen on Broadway Tom Zimny Netflix

2nd AD - Hamilton - Thomas Kail Disney +

COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

1500 Various Location/Studio Promo and Commercial Productions

Recent Work:

Christies Live May 20th/21st Century Night Sale - World Wide Live Broadcast - Chrome London

Gold Peak Tea w/ Quest Love - Cameron Harris - Gravy

Montefiore Hospital - Henry Alex Rubin - Smuggler

EE World Cup - Henry Alex Rubin - Smuggler

Cadillac - Joe Wright - Sibling Rivalry

I Love NY Fall  Harrison Boyce - Sibling Rivalry

Live Action Capture of Hamilton on Broadway Radical Media

Sprint/Pharrell Williams @ Radical Alex Coletti Dir.

A Night w/ Joe Biden- Maurice Marable Dir. HBO

Start Up NYBackyard Films Xander Dir.

Clear Shampoo - Rivalry MiKon Van Gastel Dir. Sibling Rivalry

Chobani HSI Margret & Joy Dir.

Frigidare Rabbit   Dale Oates Dir.

The Maslow Project - Renny Maslow- Smuggler

 

2010 - 2012 2nd Assistant Director DGA/Second Unit Director

500 Various Location/Studio Promo and Commercial Productions

Nation Wide David Backus 1st AD.

Kindel Arle Bordas 1st AD

Mohegan Sun David Cox 1st AD

Unilever John Lowe 1st AD

Kodak Monty Greenlee 1st AD

 

2006 Feature 1st Assistant Director

“Shiner” Feature ShortTribeca Film Festival 2006

Mike Doyle Director

 

2005 2nd Assistant Director

“The Game Killers”  TV Pilot

Bruce Sterling Director, Leroy Morton Productions

David Backus DGA First Assistant Director

 

2004 – 2008 Key Set Production Assistant:

900 Various Union (DGA) Commercial Productions NY,

Epoch Films, Hungry Man, Radical Media, Smuggler, Anonymous Content, Go Films, Believe Media, HIS, MJZ, Furlined, Moxie Pictures, Robot, Partizan

 

2001- 2004 Roth Investment Partners

General Partner

Syndicate markets and Investment Banking

High Net Worth and Institutional Accounts

 

1993– 2001 Sands Brothers & Co., LTD

Vice President Retail Sales

Member New York Stock Exchange

 
Education

1991-1993 Post Grad : Political Economics, Harvard University Boston, MA.

1991 BA Economics, Hartwick College , Oneonta, NY.

 

References

Chris Rouchard Line Producer 1 917 952 9345

Terry Shafirov Line Producer 1.917.653.0570

Paula Cohen EP - goodstory films 917 769 4149

Shelby Ross EP- - Sibling Rivalry

Willa Goldfeder Line Producer - willagoldfeder@gmail.com