Company History
Tom Waller launched De Warrenne Pictures in London in 1996 with the aim of developing high quality feature films for international release.
In 1998, his feature film debut MONK DAWSON, based on an award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read (ALIVE), was released theatrically in the UK and sold to television worldwide.
He followed this with Kaprice Kea’s BUTTERFLY MAN, shot and made in Thailand and released theatrically in UK and Thailand in 2002, as well as worldwide on television home video.
In 2003 Waller moved to Thailand permanently to set up De Warrenne Pictures (Thailand) Co. Ltd. based in Bangkok and Chiangmai.
In 2004 he collaborated with British director Mark Duffield to make GHOST OF MAE NAK, a Thai language ghost horror movie based on a famous old Thai legend. The movie charted at No.3 at the Thai box office, and no. 2 in Malaysia upon theatrical release in 2005/6.
In 2005, Waller collaborated with Unison Films Inc. to produce award-winning writer/director Seth Grossman’s feature directorial debut THE ELEPHANT KING, featuring Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2006.
In 2008, Waller produced Thomas Clay's acclaimed drama SOI COWBOY, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard.
By 2009, De Warrenne Pictures has become one of the top 10 leading production service companies working in Thailand, with clients including NuImage, Millennium Films, Recorded Picture Company, Infinity Features and BBC Films.
GHOST OF MAE NAK
on theatrical release in Thailand.
The company name is derived from Tom Waller's family ancestor, William de Warrenne, a noble Norman knight from Varennes who fought alongside William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings (see '1066' project in development).
Right: Seal of Earl
de Warenne
