Thomas Schlamme (born
May 22,
1950) is an American
television director.
Schlamme moved from his native
Houston to
New York in 1973. After serving in several low level positions for production companies, he founded his own company, Schlamme Productions, in 1980. From there, he produced campaigns for a number of musicals, including
Cats. Throughout the 1980s, he produced a number of specials on various entertainers including
Whoopi Goldberg and
Rowan Atkinson. He directed his first movie,
Miss Firecracker, in 1989. He also directed the comedy movie,
So I Married an Axe Murderer in
1993 with
Mike Myers.