Thomas Balmes

France

Thomas Balmes (filmmaker, producer, France) has been working as an independent director and producer of nonfiction films, specializing in international co-productions, since 1992. His initial projects included studies of filmmakers James Ivory and Michelangelo Antonioni. Thomas directed his first film in 1996; BOSNIA HOTEL was the story of U.N. Kenyan peacekeepers in Bosnia. This was followed by MAHARAJAH BURGER; Mad Cows; Holy Cows, about the mad cow crisis as seen from the Indian perspective. His filmography also includes such films as THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE PAPUANS, WAITING FOR JESUS, A DECENT FACTORY, DAMAGES, BABIES and others.