Thom Zimny
About Thom Zimny
Thom Zimny is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning director, editor and documentary filmmaker.
His most recent film, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is streaming on Hulu and Disney+. It’s the latest chapter in his nearly 25-year collaboration with Springsteen. Zimny won a Grammy for Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run and an Emmy for Springsteen on Broadway on Netflix. He also co-directed Western Stars with Springsteen, which premiered at TIFF, as did The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Their other films together include Letter to You for Apple TV+, and High Hopes and The Ties That Bind for HBO.
Beyond Springsteen, Zimny directed Sly, Netflix’s portrait of Sylvester Stallone, which closed TIFF. He co-directed Willie Nelson & Family with Oren Moverman, which premiered at Sundance before streaming on Paramount+. The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash and HBO’s Elvis Presley: The Searcher both premiered at SXSW. He has also directed music videos for Springsteen, Bob Dylan and The Low Anthem.
Zimny also edited three seasons of David Simon’s acclaimed HBO series The Wire.
Thom Zimny – REEL
- Jeep – The Middle
- Bruce Springsteen "Western Stars" – Trailer
- Elvis Presley "The Searcher" – Trailer
- Johnny Cash "The Gift" – Trailer
- Sylvester Stallone "Sly" – Trailer