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He has visited the White House several times and, during the Clinton administration, once stayed the night in the Lincoln Bedroom. He drew on observations of White House staffers made during this visit to inspire the visual and behavioral style of the fictional staffers in The West Wing, which he co-created with Aaron Sorkin. See more trivia »

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Thomas David Schlamme
in Houston, Texas, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (15 titles)
2013 Doubt (TV movie) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2011-2012 Pan Am (TV series) (executive producer - 14 episodes)
– 1964 (2012) (executive producer)
– Romance Languages (2012) (executive producer)
– New Frontiers (2012) (executive producer)
– Diplomatic Relations (2012) (executive producer)
– Secrets and Lies (2012) (executive producer)
See all 14 episodes »
 
2012 The Frontier (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2011 Mr. Sunshine (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
– Cohen and Donovan (2011) (executive producer)
– Self Help (2011) (executive producer)
– The Best Man (2011) (executive producer)
– Ben and Vivian (2011) (executive producer)
– The Assistant (2011) (executive producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2006-2007 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV series) (executive producer - 22 episodes)
– What Kind of Day Has It Been (2007) (executive producer)
– K&R: Part 3 (2007) (executive producer)
– K&R: Part 2 (2007) (executive producer)
– K&R: Part 1 (2007) (executive producer)
– Breaking News (2007) (executive producer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
2005 Invasion (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Pilot (2005) (executive producer)
 
2004 Jack & Bobby (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Pilot (2004) (executive producer)
 
The West Wing (TV series) (executive producer - 88 episodes, 1999-2003) (consulting producer - 2 episodes, 2003)
– The Dogs of War (2003) (consulting producer)
– 7A WF 83429 (2003) (consulting producer)
– Twenty Five (2003) (executive producer)
– Commencement (2003) (executive producer)
– Life on Mars (2003) (executive producer)
See all 90 episodes »
 
2002 The West Wing Documentary Special (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998-2000 Sports Night (TV series) (executive producer - 45 episodes)
– Quo Vadimus (2000) (executive producer)
– La Forza Del Destino (2000) (executive producer)
– Bells and a Siren (2000) (executive producer)
– April Is the Cruelest Month (2000) (executive producer)
– Draft Day: Part 2 - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian (2000) (executive producer)
See all 45 episodes »
 
1997 Arsenio (TV series) (consulting producer - 1 episode)
– Overtime (1997) (consulting producer)
 
1997 Tracey Takes On... (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– Secrets (1997) (producer)
– 1976 (producer)
 
1996 The Best of Tracey Takes On... (TV movie) (producer)
 
1986 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Gift of Amazing Grace (1986) (executive producer)
 
1984 Bette Midler: Art or Bust (video documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (53 titles)
2013 Doubt (TV movie) (post-production)
 
2013 The Americans (TV series)
– Gregory (2013)
 
2012 The Frontier (TV movie)
 
2011 Pan Am (TV series)
– Eastern Exposure (2011)
– Pilot (2011)
 
2011 Mr. Sunshine (TV series)
– Pilot (2011)
 
2010 Parenthood (TV series)
– Pilot (2010)
 
2009 Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas (TV movie)
 
2008 Life on Mars (TV movie)
 
2006-2007 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV series)
– The Disaster Show (2007)
– The Friday Night Slaughter (2007)
– The Cold Open (2006)
– Pilot (2006)
 
2005 Invasion (TV series)
– Unnatural Selection (2005)
– Pilot (2005)
 
2004 Jack & Bobby (TV series)
– An Innocent Man (2004)
 
1999-2002 The West Wing (TV series)
– Holy Night (2002)
– We Killed Yamamoto (2002)
– Bartlet for America (2001)
– Manchester: Part 2 (2001)
– Manchester: Part 1 (2001)
See all 14 episodes »
 
2000 Boston Public (TV series)
– Chapter One (2000)
 
1998-2000 Sports Night (TV series)
– Quo Vadimus (2000)
– Special Powers (1999)
– What Kind of Day Has It Been? (1999)
– Dana and the Deep Blue Sea (1999)
– Rebecca (1999)
See all 15 episodes »
 
2000 Thirty (TV movie)
 
1999 Ally (TV series)
 
1997-1998 Ally McBeal (TV series)
– Happy Birthday, Baby (1998)
– Boy to the World (1997)
 
1998 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
– Another List (1998)
 
1995-1997 ER (TV series)
– Ambush (1997)
– The Match Game (1996)
– The Secret Sharer (1995)
 
1997 The Practice (TV series)
– Betrayal (1997)
 
1997 Arsenio (TV series)
– Throw Momma from the House (1997)
– Lisa's First Script (1997)
– Overtime (1997)
 
1996-1997 Tracey Takes On... (TV series)
– Secrets (1997)
– Sex (1997)
– Fame (1996)
– Family (1996)
– Nostalgia (1996)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1996 Ink (TV series)
– Getting Over the Hemp (1996)
– Paper Cuts (1996)
– Above the Fold (1996)
 
1996 Spin City (TV series)
– Pilot (1996)
 
1993-1996 Mad About You (TV series)
– Everybody Hates Me (1996)
– Hot & Cold (1996)
– Dream Weaver (1996)
– Just My Dog (1995)
– How to Fall in Love (1995)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1996 Friends (TV series)
– The One with the Lesbian Wedding (1996)
– The One with Russ (1996)
 
1995-1996 Chicago Hope (TV series)
– Three Men and a Lady (1996)
– Growth Pains (1995)
– The Quarantine (1995)
 
1996 Almost Perfect (TV series)
– Mind Games (1996)
 
1995 If Not for You (TV series)
– Detour Ahead (1995)
 
1995 Pride & Joy (TV series)
– Pilot (1995)
 
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TV movie)
 
1994 You So Crazy (documentary)
 
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer
 
1992 Rowan Atkinson: Not Just a Pretty Face (TV documentary)
 
1991-1992 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– Of Mastodons and Men (1992)
– Road Test (1992)
– Soccer (1991)
 
1991 Sessions (TV mini-series)
– Happy Birthday (1991)
– Thursday We Eat Italian (1991)
– The Wild Man Cometh (1991)
– Dogs in the Night (1991)
– I'd Really Like To, But I'm All Tied Up Right Now (1991)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Mambo Mouth (TV movie)
 
1991 Man of the People (TV series)
– Pilot (1991)
 
1991 Crazy from the Heart (TV movie)
 
1990 Steel Magnolias (TV movie)
 
1989-1990 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
– Shandling Vs Mull (1990)
– The Wedding Show (1990)
– The Proposal (1990)
– The First Show of the Fourth Season (1989)
– Worry Wart (1989)
 
1989 Miss Firecracker
 
1989 What's Alan Watching? (TV special)
 
1988 Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
 
1987 One Life to Live (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 February 1987 (1987)
 
1987 Sledge Hammer! (TV series)
– Sledgepoo (1987)
 
1986 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
– The Gift of Amazing Grace (1986)
– Can a Guy Say No? (1986)
 
1986 Robert Klein on Broadway (TV movie)
 
1986 Wayside School (TV short)
 
1985 Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (TV documentary)
 
1984 Bette Midler: Art or Bust (video documentary)
 
1984 Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's (TV movie)
 
1982 The Mondo Beyondo Show (TV movie)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2003-2006 The West Wing (TV series) (executive consultant - 64 episodes)
– Tomorrow (2006) (executive consultant)
– Institutional Memory (2006) (executive consultant)
– The Last Hurrah (2006) (executive consultant)
– Transition (2006) (executive consultant)
– Requiem (2006) (executive consultant)
See all 64 episodes »
 
2005 Invasion (TV series) (executive consultant - 2 episodes)
– Fish Story (2005) (executive consultant)
– Watershed (2005) (executive consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2011 The Long Journey Home (short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
2010/I Deception (short) (grateful thanks)
 
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2008 Yonkers Joe (thanks)
 
1996 Pie in the Sky (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Directing for a Comedy Series
 
1998 The Annual Museum of TV and Radio Honors. A Salute to Jerry Seinfeld and David E. Kelly (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 The 50th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself - Husband
– Christine Lahti … Himself - Husband
 

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Probably, the way I ended up in this business was because of air-conditioning. I was a big jock in high school; it was Houston, hot and humid, and tough to do two-a-day practices in football. The theater department [in high school] had the only air-conditioned class. I met someone there, a teacher called Cecil Pickett... See more »

Trivia:

He has visited the White House several times and, during the Clinton administration, once stayed the night in the Lincoln Bedroom. He drew on observations of White House staffers made during this visit to inspire the visual and behavioral style of the fictional staffers in The West Wing, which he co-created with Aaron Sorkin. See more »

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