Thomas Edward Seymour
Tom Seymour is best known for the New York Times-celebrated VHS Massacre documentaries. Across his career, he has earned over 75 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 Award qualifying festivals and British Independent Film Award qualifying festivals such as Spirit of Independence and Northwest Film Fest, with major wins at Melbourne Underground, San Francisco IndieFest’s AHITH, Chicago Horror, Vancouver Horror Show, Tokyo Horror, WorldFest Houston and many more. In addition tom's film has screening at top genre festivals such as Cine-Excess, Torino Underground and Boston Underground. In 2025 Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story was praised by top Independent film festival Dances with Films calling it "profound". 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.
The Land of College Prophets
(Tommy)
The Land of College Prophets
(Rye)
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
(Tom)
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
(Hale)
Fake
(Art Guard #2)
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
(Self)
Everything Moves Alone
(Anderson)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Self)
London Betty
(Billy)
Being Michael Madsen
(Phil)
Exorcism of Fleete Marish
(Tom)
VHS Massacre Too
(Himself)
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
(Narrator)
Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash
(Director)
Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash
(Writer)
Bikini Bloodbath: Car Wash
(Producer)
Bikini Bloodbath
(Director)
Bikini Bloodbath
(Writer)
Bikini Bloodbath
(Executive Producer)
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
(Director)
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
(Writer)
The Land of College Prophets
(Director)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Director)
VHS Massacre Too
(Director)
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
(Editor)
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
(Executive Producer)
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
(Writer)
Daddy's Little Judge
(Director)
Everything Moves Alone
(Writer)
Shark Exorcist 2: Unholy Waters
(Executive Producer)
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
(Director)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Co-Producer)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Executive Producer)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Director of Photography)
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
(Editor)
Bikini Bloodbath: Christmas
(Director)
London Betty
(Director)
London Betty
(Writer)
Macleod: There Can Be Only One
(Director)
Exorcism of Fleete Marish
(Director)
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
(Director)
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
(Writer)
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
(Producer)