Rebecca Thomas | |
|---|---|
 Thomas in 2012 | |
| Born | December 10, 1984 |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Rebecca Ann Thomas (born December 10, 1984) is an American filmmaker and television director, best known for writing and directing the film Electrick Children and episodic television, including Stranger Things , Limetown , and When the Streetlights Go On.
Thomas was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas; she served a mission for 18 months in Japan. [1] She is married to Mark Garbett (of The Moth & The Flame).
Thomas' short film called "Nobody Knows You, Nobody Gives a Damn" premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. [2]
Her debut feature, Electrick Children , debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival on 10 February 2012. [3] It also played in the U.S. at the South by Southwest Film Festival on 15 March 2012. [4]
Thomas directed episode seven, "The Lost Sister", of the second season of the Netflix series, Stranger Things . [5]
Thomas directed all 10 episodes of Limetown , starring Jessica Biel, and also directed all 10 episodes of When the Streetlights Go On . [6]
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nobody Knows You, Nobody Gives a Damn | No | Yes | Also actor |
| Ivan Sings | Yes | No | ||
| 2016 | Las Vegas, West | Yes | Yes | |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Electrick Children | Yes | Yes |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sweet/Vicious | Yes | No | Episode "The Blueprint" |
| 2017 | Stranger Things | Yes | No | Episode "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" |
| 2019 | Limetown | Yes | Yes | 10 episodes |
| 2020 | When the Streetlights Go On | Yes | No | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Archive 81 | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
Other credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Spit | Production designer | Short film |
| 2011 | Not Dark Yet | Production staff | |
| 2013 | Lea | Actor | |
| 2015 | Teddy Boy | Production assistant | |
Michael James Vogel is an American actor and former model. Vogel began acting in 2001 and has appeared in several films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Grind, Poseidon, Blue Valentine, The Help, Bates Motel, Cloverfield, Under the Dome and The Case for Christ. He starred as the lead in the NBC military drama series The Brave for the 2017–18 season.
Shawn Adam Levy is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Ashley Thomas, also known by his stage name Bashy, is an English actor and rapper.
Electrick Children is a 2012 American independent coming of age film written and directed by Rebecca Thomas and starring Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, and Liam Aiken. Garner plays Rachel, a 15-year-old girl from a fundamentalist Mormon community in Utah. After learning that she is pregnant, she believes she has conceived miraculously through listening to a song on a cassette tape.
Julia Garner is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019, 2020, and 2022, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2023.
Adan Canto is a Mexican actor. He is known for his role as Sunspot in the 2014 superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past. On television, Canto played Paul Torres on the Fox drama series The Following, and in 2015 starred as AJ Menendez in the ABC prime-time series Blood & Oil. Canto played real-life politician Rodrigo Lara Bonilla in acclaimed Netflix drama series Narcos. He is also well known for his role as Aaron Shore in the ABC/Netflix political drama Designated Survivor starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland as well as his current role on Fox drama The Cleaning Lady. Canto wrote and directed his first short film Before Tomorrow in 2014. He is also one of the starring characters in the romance film 2 Hearts. His short film The Shot earned several festival awards for Best Narrative Short Film in 2020.
The Night Of is a 2016 American eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of Criminal Justice, a 2008 British series. The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh. Broadcast on HBO, The Night Of premiered on July 10, 2016 to critical acclaim. The first episode premiered on June 24, 2016, via HBO's on-demand services. The Night Of received 13 Emmy nominations, winning five, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Riz Ahmed.
Amy Forsyth is a Canadian actress. On television, she appeared as a series regular on the Hulu drama The Path (2016–17), the second season of SyFy horror anthology Channel Zero (2017), and the NBC musical drama Rise (2018), along with recurring roles on the science fiction Western Defiance (2014–15) and the historical drama The Gilded Age (2022). She also appeared in the horror films A Christmas Horror Story (2015), Hell Fest (2018), and We Summon the Darkness (2020) and the drama films Beautiful Boy (2018), CODA (2021), and The Novice (2021).
Antonio Campos is an American filmmaker known for the films Afterschool (2008), Simon Killer (2012), Christine (2016), The Devil All the Time (2020) and The Staircase (2022).
The 2018–19 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2018 to August 2019. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2017–18 season.
Homecoming is an American psychological thriller television series based on the Gimlet Media podcast of the same name. Created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, the series premiered November 2, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video. Horowitz and Bloomberg also serve as writers and executive producers alongside Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Alex Blumberg, Matt Lieber, and Chris Giliberti. Esmail also directed every episode of the first season, which stars Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek.
Utopia is an American science fiction drama television series adapted by Gillian Flynn from the 2013 British original series of the same name. It was released on September 25, 2020, on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service.
L.A.'s Finest is an American action comedy crime television series created by Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier; and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It is a spinoff of the Bad Boys franchise created by George Gallo. The series premiered on Spectrum on May 13, 2019. L.A.'s Finest is the first premium content show made for the cable provider and the debut of its Spectrum Originals banner of exclusive programming. The second season premiered on September 9, 2020. The first season of the series had its American broadcast television premiere on Fox on September 21, 2020. In October 2020, the series was cancelled by Spectrum after two seasons.
Locke & Key is an American fantasy horror drama television series developed by Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, and Aron Eli Coleite, based on the comic-book series of the same name by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez. It premiered on Netflix on February 7, 2020. The series stars Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Laysla De Oliveira, Petrice Jones, and Griffin Gluck.
Limetown is an American drama series, based on the podcast of the same name created by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie, that premiered on Facebook Watch on October 16, 2019. The series stars Jessica Biel and Stanley Tucci.
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, or simply Heartstrings, is an American anthology dramedy streaming television series that premiered on November 22, 2019, on Netflix.
Nine Perfect Strangers is an American drama television miniseries based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty. Created by David E. Kelley who also developed the series alongside John-Henry Butterworth, the series premiered on August 18, 2021, on Hulu.
Made Up Stories is a film and television development and production company founded in 2017 by producer Bruna Papandrea that "[champions] women on and off the screen." The company has offices in Los Angeles and Sydney.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
