# Tomas Leach

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{{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](/source/Saul_Leiter)
| birth_place        = [Exeter](/source/Exeter), England
| education          = [Arts University Bournemouth](/source/Arts_University_Bournemouth)<br>[Fabrica Research Centre](/source/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](/source/Exeter), [England](/source/England). He studied at the [Arts University Bournemouth](/source/Arts_University_Bournemouth) before taking a scholarship at the [Fabrica Research Centre](/source/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](/source/In_No_Great_Hurry_13_Lessons_in_Life_with_Saul_Leiter)'' (2013) about photographer [Saul Leiter](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Fenn_treasure)'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](/source/San_Quentin_State_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](/source/Tom_Brady), [Michael Strahan](/source/Michael_Strahan) and [Gotham Chopra](/source/Gotham_Chopra).

His short film, ''Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future,'' premiered at the [Reykjavik Film Festival](/source/Reykjav%C3%ADk_International_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](/source/In_No_Great_Hurry%3A_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
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
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