{{short description|British filmmaker and cinematographer}} {{for|persons of a similar name|Thomas Leach (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | name = Tomas Leach | image = Tomas Leach and Saul Leiter.jpg | caption = Leach with Saul Leiter | birth_place = Exeter, England | education = Arts University Bournemouth<br>Fabrica Research Centre | occupation = Documentary filmmaker }} '''Tomas Leach''' is a British filmmaker and cinematographer known for his work on documentary features.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2012-06-21|title=Exclusive: Tomas Leach explains the effort behind his new documentary about New York street photographer Saul Leiter|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/tomas-leach-saul-leiter|access-date=2018-12-19|website=It's Nice That}}</ref>
== Early life == Leach was born in Exeter, England. He studied at the Arts University Bournemouth before taking a scholarship at the Fabrica Research Centre.
== Career == After directing short documentaries and commercials, Leach directed his first feature documentary ''In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter'' (2013) about photographer Saul Leiter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/movies/in-no-great-hurry-a-documentary-about-saul-leiter.html|title=Creating Neon Poetry With a Patient Camera|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/83016-director-tomas-leach-on-in-no-great-hurry-13-lessons-in-life-with-saul-leitner/|title=Tomas Leach|website=Filmmaker Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/photographer-saul-leiter-no-great-hurry/|title=Photographer Saul Leiter, "In No Great Hurry" {{!}} The Leonard Lopate Show|website=WNYC|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> It made the ''Seattle Times'' top ten list of 2014.<ref name=":0" />
In 2016 he directed ''The Lure'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moveablefest.com/tomas-leach-the-lure/|title=DOC NYC '16 Interview: Tomas Leach on Finding Treasure with "The Lure"|date=2016-11-13|website=The Moveable Fest|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> a feature documentary about the hunt for Forrest Fenn's treasure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/tomas-leach-lure/|title=There is something so magical about the idea of a treasure hunt|website=WePresent|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-lure-is-a-gorgeous-documentary-about-a-search-for-literal-buried-treasure/|title=The Lure - Vice|date=2016-11-22|work=Vice|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-us}}</ref>
In 2017 he directed ''Through the Darkness,'' a film about the baseball team at San Quentin Prison for the series ''Religion of Sports''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-29|title=The Religion of Sports reaches behind the wall|url=https://sanquentinnews.com/religion-sports-reaches-behind-wall/|access-date=2019-03-18|website=San Quentin News|language=en-US}}</ref> The film was executive produced by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra.
His short film, ''Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future,'' premiered at the Reykjavik Film Festival in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/riff-2018-welcome-to-sodom-over-the-limit-daughters-table|title=RIFF 2018: Welcome to Sodom, Over the Limit, Daughter's Table {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert|last=Fagerholm|first=Matt|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8342576/|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Notes |- |2013 |''In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter'' |Also cinematographer |- |2014 |''Delay'' |Short |- |2016 |''The Lure'' | |- |2017 |''Bonnie Prince Billy: Treasure Map'' |Music video |- |2017 |''Religion of Sports'' |TV series episode |- |2018 |''Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future'' |Short |- |2019 |''The Day Ray Impaled Himself on the Fence'' |Short |}
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