Tom Blessing IV

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} '''Thomas E. Blessing IV ''' is an independent film and television producer and project manager from Yellow Springs, Ohio. He is known for his role as a production manager (line-producer) on the television series pilot ''Loveline'' (1996),<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115253/fullcredits "Loveline" (1996) – Full cast and crew]</ref> for his production management work with Dick Clark Productions{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and co-producing the experimental feature film ''Irish Whiskey'' (1997).<ref>[https://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/135053/Irish%20Whiskey.html?dataSet=1 Irish Whiskey – 1997 – John Bradford Pagano, Jon Stevens – Variety Profiles]</ref> He co-produced the award-winning<ref>[http://nyfilmvideo.net/content/view/187/124/ The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil – Best Documentary | New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217081111/http://nyfilmvideo.net/content/view/187/124/ |date=December 17, 2013 }}</ref> documentary film ''The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'' (2006).<ref>[http://www.cinemapolitica.org/films/121 The Power of Community (How Cuba survived peak oil) | Cinema Politica]</ref> Since September 2006 he has managed and developed musical touring acts including Boombox, The Werks, Fiddleworms and others.<ref>[http://www.athcast.com/show.html?item=bio&showid=227 Athens Music Foundation Podcast – Athcast]</ref> Blessing co-created The Werk Out Music and Arts Festival (2010-2012) and manages live events such as Hookahville Music Festival, a popular event that has been produced twice a year since 1992 in Ohio and founded by the band Əkoostik hookah.<ref>[https://www.dayton.com/events/concerts/worth-the-drive-hookahville-the-coolest-place-the-planet/NfX2WKKrT3mDUYN7rnKTOK/ publisher=Dayton Daily News By Don Thrasher, Contributing Writer – dayton.com]</ref>

Blessing consults, develops and manages talent and project-oriented business endeavors for entertainment and education through the company he and attorney Nathan J. Elter founded in 1997, AlchemyHouse Productions, Inc., based in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California.<ref>[http://www.alchemyhouse.com/founders.html AlchemyHouse Productions, Inc. – Welcome!]</ref> The "co-operation" strives to provide access bridges and knowledge to new and existing talent and markets by integrating Collective intelligence models on projects. Blessing is a technical production consultant, cinematic<ref>[http://www.plymouth.edu/library/read/224691 Lamson Library » The Power Of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil]</ref> and still photographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1096112|title=Tom Blessing IV}}</ref>

The grandson of a "Black March" survivor and World War II POW (Stalag Luft IV);<ref>[https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=GP24&tf=F&sc=11675,11660,11679,11667,11669,11676,11672,11673&bc=sl,fd&txt_11660=Blessing&op_11660=0&nfo_11660=V,24,1900&cl_11667=53&op_11667=null&nfo_11667=V,2,1900&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=45558 NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 – 11/19/1946]</ref> his father, Thomas E. Blessing III, is a past Greene County, Ohio, Commissioner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-gazette/1976-10-30 |title=Daily Gazette, Saturday, October 30, 1976 : Front Page |publisher=Daily Gazette – newspaperarchive.com › Home › Daily Gazette |date=October 30, 1976 |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}[https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-gazette/1976-10-30]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11975942.html |title=Chairman wants to give Democrats more visibility |publisher=Dayton Daily News |via=highbeam.com |date=September 28, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924183909/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11975942.html |archivedate=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and stockbroker; Blessing's mother, Jane, a lifelong school teacher. He grew up in rural Ohio, and graduated from Antioch University Midwest; earning a B.A. in the humanities and management majors and later received an M.A. in the team-based management program.

==Partial filmography== * ''The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards'' (1995) (TV)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482447/ The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)]</ref> * ''31st Academy of Country Music Awards'' (1995) (TV)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482446/ 31st Academy of Country Music Awards (1995) (TV)]</ref> * ''SeaWorld Busch Gardens Party for the Planet'' (1995) (TV)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857403/ SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Party for the Planet (1995) (TV)]</ref> * ''Jerry Lewis Stars Across America'' (1995) (TV)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853245/ Jerry Lewis Stars Across America (1995) (TV)]</ref> * ''Loveline'' Pilot Episode (1996) (TV)<ref name=autogenerated1 /> * ''Irish Whiskey'' (1997)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119383/ Irish Whiskey (1997)]</ref> * ''The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'' (2006)<ref>[http://greenplanetfilms.org/product_info.php?products_id=350 The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006) – Green Planet Films]</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.alchemyhouse.com Official website] *[http://www.thisisboombox.com Official BoomBox website] *[http://www.mcgregor.edu Antioch University McGregor] *[http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?articleID=70307&ml_action=get-article&print=true Beyond Theory Y] *[http://cci.mit.edu/index.html MIT Center for Collective Intelligence] *{{IMDb name|0088264}}

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