Before producing animation for the PC, Tom worked in film. Here are some of the highlights:

Apr 75 Completed first animation, done on paper with magic markers

Nov 76 Screened several Standard 8mm films at 2nd Austin Fntasy Film Festival

Jun 79 2nd place, HoustonCon, "All Sorts of Stuff", Super 8

Aug 79 Published animation article in "Super 8 Filmmaker" magazine

Nov 79 1st place, SuperCon, "All Sorts of Stuff"

Jun 80 1st place, HoustonCon, "Amazon Aviatrix", Super 8

Oct 80 Published animation article in "Fandom Directory"

Feb 81 Honorable Mention, Ann Arbor 8mm Film Festival, "Amazon Aviatrix"

Apr 81 Published another animation article in "Super 8 Filmmaker" magazine

Jul 81 2nd place, San Diego Con, "Amazon Aviatrix"

Aug 81 Hon. Mention, Kinetic Image International Film Fest., "Amazon Aviatrix"

Aug 81 1st place, Spacebound Prod. Film Festival, "Amazon Aviatrix"

Nov 81 Hon. Mention, Toronto Super 8 Film Fest., "Amazon Aviatrix"

May 82 Hon. Mention, Nevada City Film Fest., "Amazon Aviatrix"

Nov 82 Completed "Circle Game" with IPF funds, 16mm

Nov 82 "Circle Game" shown at Esther's Follies

Nov 82 "Circle Game" shown at "Future Dances", Capital City Playhouse

Jan 83 Hon. Mention, ASIFAŠEast, "Circle Game"

Mar 83 "Circle Game" selected for TEXPO 8

Apr 83 "Circle Game" selected for distribution by Picture Start

Jul 83 "Circle Game" selected for "Ann Arbor Film Festival Roadshow" tour

Aug 83 "Circle Game" shown at 2nd Homegrown Film Festival

Nov 83 "Circle Game" shown at Brazos Art Gallery

Nov 83 "Circle Game" shown at University of Texas, "Historical Overview of U.S. Animation

Nov 83 Began work on "Stranded"

Dec 83 "Circle Game" shown on Austin Community Television

Mar 84 "Circle Game" shown at "AvantGarde Animation", University of Texas

Mar 84 "Circle Game" shown at Texas A&M University

Apr 84 "Circle Game" shown at Texas Fantasy Film Festival

Jun 84 "Circle Game" shown at Texas Animation Fesival

Jun 84 "Circle Game" shown at Laguna Gloria Art Museum

Jul 84 "Circle Game" shown at Southwest Independent Film Fesival

Jul 84 "Circle Game" shown at Canadian Animation Film Festival

Oct 84 "Circle Game" shown at Goethe Institute at Houston

Dec 84 Completed "In Motion", "Woman and Candle" and "Werewolf" with IPF funds

Mar 85 "Woman and Candle" and "In Motion" selected for TEXPO 10

Sep 85 Began work on "90 Pound Weakling"

Sep 85 Gave animation show and lecture at World Science Fiction Convention

Nov 85 "In Motion" shown at Dream Matrix dance program (incorporated into dance)

Dec 85 "In Motion", "Woman and Candle", "Werewolf" shown Heart of Texas F. Fest

Apr 86 Gave animation show and lecture at Texas A&M University

Apr 86 Gave animation show and lecture at Austin Fantasy Fair

Sep 86 Several films screened at the Collective for Living Cinema, New York

Oct 86 "Werewolf" shown at Ritz theater as part of Halloween program

Nov 86 Several films screened at Varsity theater

Feb 87 Several films screened at Webster University

Mar 87 Storyboarded "Hickory, Dickory Dock"

Apr 87 "Are You a 90 Pound Weakling?" completed with IPF funds

May 87 "Circle Game" and "In Motion" shown at Film Festival in Australia

Dec 87 Pencilled "To Market, To Market..." and "Two Blackbirds"

Feb 88 Pencilled "Gold Lock, Gold Key"

Feb 88 "Woman and Candle", "Werewolf" and "90 Pound" shown on KEDT, PBS Corpus Christi, "Breadth of Vision" program

Aug 88 "Mother Goose" chilren's video demo completed

Jan 90 Began work on Children's Animated Educational Software

May 90 Completed "Animated Alphabet" children's program

Sep 90 Completed "Animated Shapes" children's program

Sep 90 Completed "Animated Mother Goose" children's program

Feb 91 Completed "Animated Math" children's program

Apr 91 Completed "Animated Memory Game" children's program

May 91 Began working with Spectral Resources producing multimedia desktop presentation graphics for the PC

Jan 92 Received "Editor's Choice Awards" for children's software from "Shareware Magazine"

May 92 Completed "Animated Words" children's software

Jun 92 Received 1992 Shareware Industry Award for Best Educational Software

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