Tom Poole is the Chief Creative Officer and Senior Colorist at Company 3. He was born in London, England, where he began his career, before moving to the States in 2004. He joined Company 3 in 2007.
In 2013,[1] 2015[2] and 2016 he won a Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) award for Outstanding Color Grading.[1] Poole was recognized with two 2019 AICP awards for ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ on National Lottery ‘Amazing Starts Here’ and ‘Best Music Video Color Grading’ for The Carters ‘Apes**t’.[3] In 2017 Poole won the AICP ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ award for Squarespace ‘John's Journey’[4] and in 2016 the ‘Best Color Grading’ award for the Adidas ‘Future’ campaign.[4]
In 2017 Poole was accepted into The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.[5]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | Newton Thomas Sigel | Matthew Newman | Senior Colorist | Color Assistant: Andrew Geary |
| 2012 | The Grey | Joe Carnahan | Masanobu Takayanagi | Roger Barton & Jason HellmannAdditional Editor: Joseph Jett Sally | ||
| Compliance | Craig Zobel | Adam Stone | Jane Rizzo | |||
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Derek Cianfrance | Sean Bobbitt | Jim Helton & Ron Patane | |||
| 2013 | Kill Your Darlings | John Krokidas | Reed Morano | Brian A. Kikes | Supervising Colorist | Additional Colorist: Andrew Geary |
| Magic Magic | Sebastián Silva | Christopher Doyle & Glenn Kaplan | Jacob Craycroft & Álex Rodríguez | |||
| 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Sean Bobbitt | Joe Walker | Digital Intermediate Colorist | ||
| Oldboy | Spike Lee | Sean Bobbitt | Barry Alexander BrownAdditional Editor: Paul Hirsch | Colorist | Color Assistant: Giovanni DiGiorgioHead of Production: Nick Monton | |
| Out of the Furnace | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | David Rosenbloom | |||
| 2014 | The Skeleton Twins | Craig Johnson | Reed Morano | Jennifer Lee | Supervising Colorist | |
| Non-Stop | Jaume Collet-Serra | Flavio Martínez Labiano | Jim May | Senior Colorist | ||
| Foxcatcher | Bennett Miller | Greig Fraser | Stuart Levy, Conor O'Neill & Jay Cassidy | |||
| Lullaby | Andrew Levitas | Florian Ballhaus | Julie Monroe | |||
| Let's Be Cops | Luke Greenfield | Daryn Okada | Bill Pankow & Jonathan Schwartz | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Digital Intermediate Producers: Nick Monton, Colin DavisDailies Colorist: John Petersen | |
| Rosewater | Jon Stewart | Bobby Bukowski | Jay Rabinowitz | Colorist | ||
| The Longest Week | Peter Glanz | Ben Kutchins | Sarah Flack | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Love & Mercy | Bill Pohlad | Robert Yeoman | Dino Jonsäter | Senior Colorist | ||
| The Cobbler | Tom McCarthy | W. Mott Hupfel III | Tom McArdle | |||
| Kill the Messenger | Michael Cuesta | Sean Bobbitt | Brian A. Kates | |||
| 2015 | True Story | Rupert Goold | Masanobu Takayanagi | Christopher Tellefsen & Nicolas de Toth | ||
| The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Marielle Heller | Brandon Trost | Marie-Hélène Dozo & Koen Timmerman | |||
| Run All Night | Jaume Collet-Serra | Martin Ruhe | Dirk Westervelt | |||
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | |||
| Black Mass | Scott Cooper | David Rosenbloom | ||||
| Meadowland | Reed Morano | Madeleine Gavin | ||||
| Rock the Kasbah | Barry Levinson | Sean Bobbitt | Aaron Yanes | |||
| 2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | Adam Arkapaw | Jim Helton & Ron Patane | Supervising Colorist | |
| Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | Sean Bobbitt | Barry Alexander Brown | |||
| Keeping Up with the Joneses | Greg Mottola | Andrew Dunn | David Rennie | Colorist: Andrew GearyColor Assistants: Giovanni DiGiorgio, Nicholas Figueroa, Josh Spector, Ewelina Nietupska | ||
| Assassin's Creed | Justin Kurzel | Adam Arkapaw | Christopher Tellefsen | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Additional Color: Greg FisherColor Assistants: Lucie Barbier, Jonas Jangvad, Chris Francis | |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom Cross | senior colorist | |
| On Chesil Beach | Dominic Cooke | Sean Bobbitt | Nick Fenton | senior colorist | ||
| Stronger | David Gordon Green | Dylan Tichenor | senior colorist | |||
| I, Tonya | Craig Gillespie | Nicolas Karakatsanis | Tatiana S. Riegel | Senior Colorist | ||
| 2018 | 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | Rasmus Videbæk | Lisa Lassek | Colorist | |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Reed Morano | Madeleine Gavin | senior colorist | |||
| Galveston | Mélanie Laurent | Arnaud Potier | Joseph Krings | colorist | ||
| BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | Chayse Irvin | Barry Alexander Brown | Colorist | ||
| Cam | Daniel Goldhaber | Katelin Arizmendi | Daniel Garber | Supervising Colorist | ||
| White Boy Rick | Yann Demange | Tat Radcliffe | Chris Wyatt | Colorist | Color Assistants: Josh Spector, Jake WhiteDailies Colorist: Adrian Delude | |
| Widows | Steve McQueen | Sean Bobbitt | Joe Walker | |||
| Halloween | David Gordon Green | Michael Simmonds | Tim Alverson | |||
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Lasse Hallström & Joe Johnston | Linus Sandgren | Stuart Levy | |||
| Escape at Dannemora | Ben Stiller | Jessica Lee Gagné | Geoffrey Richman & Matthew Jamieson | supervising colorist | ||
| 2019 | Euphoria | Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Morrison & Pippa Bianco | Marcell Rév, André Chemetoff, Drew Daniels, Adam Newport-Berra & Rina Yang | Julio C. Perez IV, Laura Zempel, Harry Yoon, Aaron I. Butler & Darrin Navarro | final & supervising colorist | Airing since 2019 |
| The King | David Michôd | Adam Arkapaw | Peter Sciberras | senior supervising colorist | ||
| Queen & Slim | Melina Matsoukas | Tat Radcliffe | Pete Beaudreau | senior colorist | ||
| 21 Bridges | Brian Kirk | Paul Cameron | Tim Murrell | senior colorist | ||
| 2020 | The Courier | Dominic Cooke | Sean Bobbitt | Tariq Anwar & Gareth C. Scales | colorist: Company 3 | |
| Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | senior finishing colorist | |||
| The Rhythm Section | Reed Morano | Sean Bobbitt | Joan Sobel | senior finishing colorist | ||
| The Invisible Man | Leigh Whannell | Stefan Duscio | Andy Canny | senior finishing colorist | ||
| Bad Education | Cory Finley | Lyle Vincent | Louise Ford | senior colorist | Color Assist: Jake White | |
| Human Capital | Marc Meyers | Kat Westergaard | Tariq Anwar & Alex Hall | supervising colorist | ||
| Project Power | Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman | Michael Simmonds | Jeff McEvoy | Colorist | Head of Production: Margaret LewisColor Assistant: Jake White | |
| Jungleland | Max Winkler | Damian Garcia | Tomas Vengris | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Dreamland | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | Lyle Vincent | Abbi Jutkowitz & Brett M. Reed | Digital Intermediate Colorist | ||
| 2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rév | Julio C. Perez IV | Company 3 Colorist | Company 3 Color Assistant: Jake WhiteFotoKem NextLAB Dailies Colorist: Dan Garsha |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King | Sean Bobbitt | Kristan Sprague & Jennifer Lame | Digital Intermediate Colorist | Digital Intermediate Conform Artist: John DiessoDigital Intermediate Producer: Margaret Lewis | |
| Monster | Anthony Mandler | David Devlin | Joe Klotz | Supervising Colorist | ||
| Cruella | Craig Gillespie | Nicolas Karakatsanis | Tatiana S. Riegel | Colorist | Color Assists: John Tripp (LA), Melina Smith (NY)Image Scientist: John Quartel | |
| Stillwater | Tom McCarthy | Masanobu Takayanagi | Tom McArdle | Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist | ||
| Kate | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Lyle Vincent | Sandra Montiel & Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir | Senior Colorist | ||
| Blue Bayou | Justin Chon | Matthew Chuang, Ante Cheng | Reynolds Barney | Colorist | Color Assistants: Jake White, Nick NassifImage Scientist: John Quartel | |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Brandon Trost | Anne McCabe | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew Geary | |
| Halloween Kills | David Gordon Green | Michael Simmonds | Tim Alverson | Colorist | ||
| Antlers | Scott Cooper | Florian Hoffmeister | Dylan Tichenor | Finishing Colorist | ||
| Swan Song | Benjamin Cleary | Masanobu Takayanagi | Nathan Nugent | Digital Intermediate Senior Colorist | ||
| 2022 | The Survivor | Barry Levinson | George Steel | Douglas Crise | Supervising Colorist | Finishing Colorist: Jenny MontgomeryColor Assistant: Jake White |
| Blonde | Andrew Dominik | Chayse Irvin | Adam Robinson & Jennifer Lame | Finishing Colorist (with Andrew Geary & Jake White) | Color Assistant: Ben White | |
| Ryan Coogler | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon & Jennifer Lame | Supervising Finishing Artist | Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan JacobsFinishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D) | ||
| The Menu | Mark Mylod | Peter Deming | Christopher Tellefsen | Finishing Colorist | Lead Color Assistant: Melina SmithData Manager: Stacey Lee | |
| The Pale Blue Eye | Scott Cooper | Masanobu Takayanagi | Dylan Tichenor | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Dustin WadsworthDailies Colorist/Operator: Greg Lomasney | |
| Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamojaya | Justin Chon | Ante Cheng | Reynolds Barney | Colorist | Company 3 Producer: Zac GobetzCompany 3 Head of Production: Mike Maida |
| Landscape with Invisible Hand | Cory Finley | Lyle Vincent | Louise Ford | Finishing Colorist | Dailies Colorist: Marc LulkinColor Assistant: Emily Bailey |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | Shabier Kirchner | Keith FraaseAdditional Editor: Shannon Fitzpatrick | Color Assistants: Andrew Mirnamesh, Mena SmithFinishing Producer: Zac Gobetz | |
| Shotgun Wedding | Jason Moore | Peter Deming | Doc Crotzer | Colorist | Additional Color: Jenny MontgomeryColor Assistants: Mena Smith, Jake White |
| If You Were the Last | Kristian Mercado | Alex Disenhof | Henry Hayes | Supervising Finishing Colorist | Finishing Colorist: Dustin WadsworthColor Assistants: Mena Smith, Andrew Mirmanesh |
| Dreamin' Wild | Bill Pohlad | Arnaud Potier | Annette Davey | Colorist | Dailies Colorist (AP): Gabriel McIntyreHead of Production: Michael Maeda |
| The Good Mother | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | Charlotte Hornsby | Taylor Levy, Damian Rodriguez | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth |
| Dumb Money | Craig Gillespie | Nikolas Karakatsanis | Kirk BaxterAdditional Editor: Rex Lowry | Finishing ColoristAdditional Color: Dustin Wadsworth | Color Assistant: Melina SmithDailies Colorist (LA): Tom Klane |
| Fingernails | Christos Nikou | Marcell Rév | Yorgos Zafeiris | Colorist | Additional Colorist: Dustin WadsworthDailies Colorist: Kelly Milligan |
| The Marvels | Nia DaCosta | Sean Bobbitt | Evan Schiff, Catrin Hedström | Supervising Finishing Artist | Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan JacobsFinishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko (2D), Jared Pecht (3D), Alan Louis Gordon (3D) |
| Leave the World Behind | Sam Esmail | Tod Campbell | Lisa Lassek | Finishing ColoristAdditional Color: Dustin Wadsworth | Color Assistant: Mena SmithHead of Dailies: Andrew Dearnley |
| Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin | Ava DuVernay | Matthew J. Lloyd | Spencer Averick | ColoristAdditional Colorist: Matt Osborne | Color Assistant: Jason MaydickDailies Colorist: Karli Windischmann |
| The Greatest Hits | Ned Benson | Chung-hoon Chung | Saira Haider | Color Assistant: Frankie HudsonDailies Colorist: Tom Klane | |
| Michael Sarnoski | Pat Scola | Andrew Mondshein, Gregory Plotkin | Supervising Colorist | Finishing / Dailies Colorist: Jake M. WhiteColor Assistant: Frankie Hudson | |
| Mark Molloy | Eduard Grau | Dan LebentalAdditional Editor: Asaf Eisenberg | Supervising ColoristColorist: Dustin Wadsworth | Color Assistant: Frankie HudsonDailies Colorists: Jack Tashdjian, Tom Klane | |
| MaXXXine | Ti West | Eliot Rockett | Ti West | Finishing ColoristAdditional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth | Color Assistant: Frankie HudsonDailies Colorist: Jack Tashdjian |
| Rez Ball | Sydney Freeland | Kira Kelly | Jessica BaclesseAdditional Editor: Elliott Traeger | Finishing Colorist | Dailies Colorist/Additional Colorist: Jake M. White |
| Blitz | Steve McQueen | Yorick Le Saux | Peter Sciberras | Colorist | Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth |
| Carry-On | Jaume Collet-Serra | Lyle Vincent | Elliot Greenberg, Krisztian Majdik, Fred Raskin |
| Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine Dreams | Elijah Bynum | Adam Arkapaw | Jon Otazua | Colorist | Finishing Editor: Gina KalimCompany 3 Producer: Kate Albers |
| Thunderbolts* | Jake Schreier | Andrew Droz Palermo | Angela M. Catanzaro, Harry Yoon | Supervising Finishing Artist | Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs |
| Year | Title | Showrunner(s) | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | Danny McBride | Danny McBride, David Gordon Green & Jody Hill | Brandon Trost & Michael Simmonds | Justin Bourret, Todd Zelin, Craig Hayes & Sam Seig | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew Geary |
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Derek Cianfrance & Anya Epstein | Derek Cianfrance | Jody Lee Lipes | Ron Patane, Jim Helton, Malcolm Jamieson, Dean Palisch & Nico Leunen | Senior Colorist | |
| Small Axe | Steve McQueen | Shabier Kirchner | Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen | ||||
| 2021 | Physical | Annie Weisman | Craig Gillespie, Liza Johnson, Stephanie Laing | Paula Huidobro | Sophie Corra | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: J. Cody BakerDailies Colorist: Tom Klane |
| 2022 | Euphoria | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rev | Julio Perez | Final Colorist | Season 2Colorist: Jake White | |
| Pam & Tommy | Robert Siegel | Craig Gillespie, Lake Bell, Gwyneth Horder-Payton & Hannah Fidell | Paula Huidobro | Tatiana S. Riegel, Annette Davey, Michael Giambra & Eric Kissack | DI Supervising Colorist | DI Colorist: J. Cody BakerDailies Colorist: John St. Laurent | |
| Severance | Dan Erickson | Ben Stiller & Aoife McArdle | Jessica Lee Gagné & Matt Mitchell | Geoffrey Richman, Gershon Hinkson & Erica Freed Marker | Supervising Colorist | Colorist: Andrew GearyAdditional Colorist: Ben White | |
| Pachinko | Soo Hugh | Kogonada & Justin Chon | Florian Hoffmeister & Ante Cheng | Simon Brasse, Joe Hobeck, Erica Freed Marker, Susan E. Kim, Jacob Craycroft & Sabine Hoffman | Colorist: Andrew GearyCompany 3 Color Producer: Zachary Gobetz | ||
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) | Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter | Marcell Rév | Brendan WalterOnline Editor: Nicholas McGregor | Colorist: Dustin WadsworthDailies Colorist: Jon Rocke | ||
| The Idol | Abel Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, Sam Levinson | Sam Levinson | Marcell Rév, Drew Daniels, Julie Cohen, Arseni Khachaturan | Julio C. Perez IV, Aaron Butler, Aleshka Ferrero | Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth | ||
| The Changeling | Kelly Marcel | Melina Matsoukas, Jonathan van Tulleken, Dana Gonzales, Michael Francis Williams, Solvan "Slick" Naim | Marcell Rév, Christopher Norr, Steve Cosen | Geoff Ashenhurst, Jonathan Eagan, Hye Na | Colorist (with Bill Ferwerda) | Additional Colorist: Ian Passy | |
| 2024 | American Rust Season 2: Broken Justice | Dan Futterman | Jim McKay, Michael Lehmann, Radium Cheung, Melissa Hickey | Justin Foster | Tamar Bihari | Supervising Colorist | |
| The Sympathizer | Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar | Park Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles, Marc Munden | Ji Yong Kim | TBA | Colorist (with Matt Osborne) | Finishing Artist: Mike DelegalDailies Colorist: John St. Laurent | |
| Year | Title | Artist(s)/Group(s) | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lux Æterna | Metallica | Timothy Saccenti | Joshua Zucker-Pluda | Matt Posey | Colorist | |
| Lift Me Up | Rihanna | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Andrew Heagle | Color Producer: Behnood BehjooColor Assist: Frankie Hudson | |||
| 2023 | Flowers | Miley Cyrus | Jacob Bixenman | Marcell Rév | Brendan Walter | ||
| River | Adam Newport-Berra | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |||||
| Where She Goes | Bad Bunny | Stillz | Marcell Rév | Aitor Bigas | Shot on 35mm and 16mm Kodak Vision3 200T, 500T and Ektachrome film | ||
| Used to Be Young | Miley Cyrus | Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter | Brendan Walter | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |||
| Un Preview | Bad Bunny | Stillz | Aitor Bigas | ||||
| Baticano | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | ||||||
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Michelob ULTRA: Welcome to Superior Bowl | Rachel Morrison | Tommy Harden | Colorist | Shot on Kodak 35 mm film with Arricam and Arriflex 435 cameras | |
| David Yurman Come Closer | Nathan Copan | Max Goldman | William Town | Color finishing completed at Modern PostShot on Sony CineAlta Venice cameras with Panavision Sphero 65 lenses | ||
| 2023 | Michelob ULTRA: New Members Day | Rachel Morrison | Eric Alexander-Hughes, Tommy Harden | Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) | Company 3 Producers: Shannen Troup, Nick KraznicShot on Kodak 35 mm film | |
| Rakuten Not-So Clueless | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Bill Pope | Graham Turner | Colorist | Company 3 Producer: Shannen Troup | |
| TurboTax Dancer | Fiona McGee | Ross Giardana | Eric Hill, Steve Sprinkel | |||
| NBA Little Black Book | Karim Huu Do | Rina Yang | TBA | Company 3 Producer: Shannen TroupVisual Effects by Framestore | ||
| Blizzard Entertainment Art of Choice | Henry Hobson | TBA | Stew Reeves | Flame Lead: Wensen HoFinishing Producers: Shannen Troup, Alex Park Hooper | ||
| Metallica | Tim Saccenti | Joshua Zucker-Pluda | Tyler Hurst | Finishing Producer: Shannen Troup | ||
| Sydney Sweeney x Ford Bronco | Lucy Sandler | Evan Prosofsky | Matt Burke | |||
| Gucci The Gift | Sabato De Sarno (Creative), Riccardo (Artistic) | Marcell Rév | TBA | |||
| Ritz The Ritzcracker | Camila Zapiola | Leandro Filloy | Finishing Producer: Shannen TroupVisual Effects by Framestore | |||
| Apple Inc. Mother Nature | TBA | TBA | ||||
| 2024 | BMW Talkin Like Walken | Bryan Buckley | Hoyte van Hoytema | Chan Hatcher | Senior Colorist | Color Producer: Shannen Troup |
| Uber Eats Don't Forget Uber Eats | Jake Szymanski | Larkin Seiple | Kirk Baxter, Matt Murphy, Zaldy Lopez, Danielle Sclafani, Cole Grom | Senior Colorist (with Matt Osborne) | ||
| Hellmann's Mayo Cat | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Darren Lew | Pamela Petruski, Danielle Minch | Senior Colorist (with Jenny Montgomery) | Color Producer: Shannen TroupVisual Effects by Framestore | |
| FanDuel Gronk Misses the FanDuel Kick of Destiny 2 | Mike Warzin | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Grant Surmi | Senior Colorist | Color Producer: Shannen Troup | |