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EXCLUSIVE: Director Thomas Zimny has signed pinch UTA for practice successful each areas, pairing nan Emmy and Grammy victor pinch nan topflight world talent, entertainment, sports, and advisory company.
“Widely regarded arsenic 1 of nan definitive euphony documentarians of his generation, Zimny has built a celebrated profession directing, producing, and editing friendly portraits of immoderate of nan astir influential artists successful modern culture,” notes a release.
Zimny’s caller projects see Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, which premiered astatine nan 2024 Toronto International Film Festival earlier debuting connected Hulu and Disney+; nan Netflix documentary SLY, astir nan profession and life of Sylvester Stallone, which closed nan 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and Willie Nelson & Family, co-directed pinch Oren Moverman, which premiered astatine nan 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Alongside Frank Marshall, Zimny co-directed The Beach Boys for Disney+.
He’s presently moving connected an untitled task pinch Imagine Entertainment.
Zimny has enjoyed a collaboration pinch Bruce Springsteen going backmost much than 2 decades, “creating a assemblage of activity that has go basal to nan artist’s cinematic legacy.” He won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for Springsteen connected Broadway. He besides directed nan Apple TV+ documentary Letter To You, capturing Springsteen and nan E Street Band signaling their 2020 medium of nan aforesaid name. Zimny besides co-directed Western Stars pinch Springsteen, which premiered astatine nan 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and screened arsenic an charismatic action astatine nan BFI London Film Festival.
Zimny won a Grammy Award successful 2007 for Wings for Wheels: The Making of ‘Born to Run,’ which he directed and produced. He likewise directed 2010’s The Promise: The Making of Darkness connected nan Edge of Town, which premiered astatine TIFF and later aired connected HBO. He has directed aggregate euphony videos for Springsteen, arsenic good arsenic for Bob Dylan and The Low Anthem.
Additional directing credits for Zimny see The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, which premiered internationally astatine CPH:DOX, and HBO’s two-part documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher, which premiered astatine SXSW successful 2018.
In summation to his directing work, Zimny edited 3 seasons of HBO’s acclaimed play bid The Wire from creator David Simon. Zimny continues to beryllium represented by Artists First and Chris Perez astatine Donaldson Callif Perez.
