- Born
- Birth nameThomas David Schlamme
- Nickname
- Tommy
- Thomas Schlamme was born on May 22, 1950 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The West Wing (1999), Sports Night (1998) and Tracey Takes On... (1996). He has been married to Christine Lahti since September 4, 1983. They have three children.
- SpouseChristine Lahti(September 4, 1983 - present) (3 children)
- RelativesTristan Alexander Tavernier(Niece or Nephew)
- Has three children with his wife Christine Lahti: sons Wilson Lahti Schlamme and Joseph Schlamme; daughter, Emma Lahti.
- 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 (1999), which he co-created with Aaron Sorkin.
- Considers his filmmaking breakthrough to have come when he directed a Bette Midler concert film in 1984.
- 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, who was enormously influential. And from that point on, I started to formulate what I wanted to do.
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