Filmmaking, Education, Speaking
Filmmaker, author, actor, standup comedian, speaker, presentation coach and a bit of a Renaissance man.
What you'll find on this site
Filmmaking
Presentations
Presentations
- "Twist of Faith" Academy Award nominee / Best Documentary 2005
- (cinematographer, location producer)
- "In the Company of Strangers" Multiple award winning independent film
- (writer, producer, director, editor)
- "ADDICT: Racing for Recovery, the Todd Crandell Story"
- (producer, editor)
- Distraction Dilemma" - Schindler Elevator training film (producer)
Presentations
Presentations
Presentations
- "Snoozeproof Your Presentations"
- "Healing With Laughter"
- "I'm Tom and I'm an Entrepreneur"
- "Filmmaking From Concept to Screen"
- "Follow Your Dreams, Learn From the Nightmares"
Performance
Presentations
Performance
"Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" one-man show
"The Nether" - Actors Collaborative of Toledo
"Of Mice and Men" - George Milton
Coaching
Coaching
Performance
- Presentation coaching for business professionals.
- Coaching and consulting for independent filmmakers.
Author
Coaching
Comedian
"Snooze-Proof Your Presentations"
"Change Your Brain in 150 Days"
"Who the #&*@ is this Guy"
About Us
Who is Tom Hofbauer
Tom Hofbauer is an award-winning independent filmmaker with three successful film projects under his belt. In addition to his own film work, he was a cinematographer and location producer on the 2005 Oscar-nominated documentary film, Twist of Faith, which was produced for HBO by celebrated director, Kirby Dick and producer Eddie Schmidt.
He's a writer, producer and director, and he has produced scores of commercials and industrial films.
Four years were spent in Los Angeles pursuing an acting career. His appearance as a wrestling referee on Saved by the Bell: The College Years in late 1993 seemed to be a promising start to an acting career. Later, he teamed up with fellow Toledo comedian Mark Zink and started a successful writing career. He and Mark completed several feature film screenplays, a pilot and several episodes for a sit-com.
Tom returned to Toledo in 1997 to shoot a sketch comedy TV pilot. This project was completed in 1998. You can find clips of several sketches by going to http://aroundthebendplayers.com/VideoClips.html and clicking on Cop Cutbacks, Bounty Hunter School and Father Gucci.
Tom taught an introductory course in visual communications at Bowling Green State University and improvisation and filmmaking at the very successful charter school, the Toledo School for the Arts. He continues to offer private acting instruction and coaching and teaches several workshops for the actor and the filmmaker.
In January of 2001, Tom began producing a film from his original screenplay, In the Company of Strangers. He spent the remainder of that winter finishing his screenplay and searching for financing. In April he held auditions. In May he continued the funding search and on June 20th, the camera rolled. Twenty-six shooting days later, he had his first feature in the can.
In November of 2001, Tom screened In the Company of Strangers to a sold out black tie crowd at Toledo's Valentine Theater. Nine hundred people attended the screening which raised $20,000 for David's House, an AIDS outreach center in Toledo that was the location for much of the action in the movie.
The film won several film festival awards including:
- Festival Director's Choice at the 2009 Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan, Oklahoma
- Best Dramatic Feature Film at the Telluride IndieFest in 2002
- Best Dramatic Feature Film at the Key West IndieFest in 2003
- Best Director - Gold Medal for Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, Utah in 2005
- Best Dramatic Feature Film award at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
Tom teamed up with Cleveland filmmaker, Deb Halinski, to make a documentary about a recovering drug addict and alcoholic who now runs Ironman Triathlons. This award-winning film is called ADDICT.
Based on his filmmaking experience, Tom began MidwestFilmGuy.com, a website designed for indie filmmakers who might be looking for advice and consultation as they begin their projects.
His next project is a feature film he hopes to shoot in Toledo in the spring and summer of 2020.