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- ↑ "Tommy Gormley". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
- J.J. Abrams congratulates first A.D. Tommy Gormley for BAFTA award, Variety, November 17, 2014. Accessed June 22, 2016.
- I was inspired by JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg, says Scots film director Tommy Gormley by Brian McIver, Glasgow Herald, February 23, 2013. Accessed June 22, 2016.
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