Thomas J. Whelan is a Production Manager and Location Manager of motion pictures, television series and commercials.

Based in New York, Tom works throughout the metropolitan area, including New Jersey and Connecticut. He has also worked on location in Montreal, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago and Washington DC.

With Living in Oblivion and Kids, Tom carved a niche as a location manager of high-profile independent films. Later, with projects such as Man on the Moon, Heist, and Sex & the City, Tom firmly established himself as a prolific location manager of mainstream movies and TV series. (Credits)

Tom has worked for all the major studios; with producers Michael Hausman, Nick Wechsler, Christine Vachon and Ted Hope; with directors Milos Forman, Richard Pearce, Peter Yates, Larry Clark and Jonathan Demme; and with writer-directors Wes Anderson, David Mamet, Paul Haggis, Mary Harron, Steve Buscemi, Todd Solondz, Tom Bezucha, and Robert Pulcini & Shari Berman.

Tom most recently was Assistant Unit Production Manager of You Don't Know Jack, Barry Levinson's new HBO production featuring Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian. John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Danny Huston also star in this feature-length movie to be aired on HBO this spring.

Earlier in 2009, Tom was Unit Production Manager of the independent feature A Little Help, written and directed by Michael J. Weithorn (creator of King of Queens). A Little Help stars Jenna Fischer (The Office) and is due for release in early 2010. Filling out a very busy year, Tom also was Unit Production Manager of of the New York units of Iron Man 2 (Tom did the plates and aerial unit); and Degrassi: The Next Generation (Tom put together the New York Unit for the long-running Canadian series).

In 2008, Tom production-managed Last Night, the new feature by writer-director Massy Tadjedin. Filmed in New York, Last Night stars Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington, and is scheduled for release by Miramax in late 2009 or early 2010.

Tom has an MFA in Film from Columbia University; he taught Location Scouting and Managing at Quinnipiac University, and has been an occasional guest speaker at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

An active member of the Directors Guild of America, Tom is Vice Chair of the DGA Eastern AD/UPM Council, and co-chairs its 2nd AD/Location Manager and Basic Agreement Proposals Committees.