Tom Dolby (born January 17, 1975) is an American filmmaker, producer,
and novelist. Dolby was the writer and co-director of the feature film
Last Weekend. He is also the director and co-writer of the upcoming
film The Artist's Wife. Dolby is the principal and founder of Water's
End Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company that has
produced several acclaimed films such as Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me
By Your Name and Ira Sachs’ Little Men.Tom Dolby was born on January
17, 1975 in London, England. He grew up in San Francisco, California.
He is the son of American businessman and engineer Ray Dolby and NARAL
Pro-Choice America activist and fundraiser Dagmar Dolby. He graduated
from The Hotchkiss School in 1994 and Yale University in 1998.Tom
Dolby's debut novel, The Trouble Boy, concerns a young gay
screenwriter in Manhattan. It was followed by the boarding school
novel The Sixth Form (2008), set at an elite Massachusetts prep
school. Dolby's first young adult novel, Secret Society, was published
by Katherine Tegen Books at HarperCollins in October 2009. Its
followup, The Trust: A Secret Society Novel, was released in February
2011.He was also the co-editor, with the novelist Melissa de la Cruz,
of the personal essay anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys:
True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and
Gay Men (2007), featuring works by Armistead Maupin, Ayelet Waldman,
Andrew Solomon, Cindy Chupack, Simon Doonan, Gigi Levangie Grazer,
David Ebershoff, and others. A reality television show inspired by the
anthology, entitled Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys was produced by
World of Wonder and aired on the Sundance Channel in 2010 and 2011.
Dolby and de la Cruz served as Consulting Producers.
and novelist. Dolby was the writer and co-director of the feature film
Last Weekend. He is also the director and co-writer of the upcoming
film The Artist's Wife. Dolby is the principal and founder of Water's
End Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company that has
produced several acclaimed films such as Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me
By Your Name and Ira Sachs’ Little Men.Tom Dolby was born on January
17, 1975 in London, England. He grew up in San Francisco, California.
He is the son of American businessman and engineer Ray Dolby and NARAL
Pro-Choice America activist and fundraiser Dagmar Dolby. He graduated
from The Hotchkiss School in 1994 and Yale University in 1998.Tom
Dolby's debut novel, The Trouble Boy, concerns a young gay
screenwriter in Manhattan. It was followed by the boarding school
novel The Sixth Form (2008), set at an elite Massachusetts prep
school. Dolby's first young adult novel, Secret Society, was published
by Katherine Tegen Books at HarperCollins in October 2009. Its
followup, The Trust: A Secret Society Novel, was released in February
2011.He was also the co-editor, with the novelist Melissa de la Cruz,
of the personal essay anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys:
True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and
Gay Men (2007), featuring works by Armistead Maupin, Ayelet Waldman,
Andrew Solomon, Cindy Chupack, Simon Doonan, Gigi Levangie Grazer,
David Ebershoff, and others. A reality television show inspired by the
anthology, entitled Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys was produced by
World of Wonder and aired on the Sundance Channel in 2010 and 2011.
Dolby and de la Cruz served as Consulting Producers.
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