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Thomas Schlamme is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Schlamme's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He established an own company for production after 7 years of lower-end production tasks.
He was the director of 14 episodes including the pilot for The West Wing and served as executive producer of the show from 2003.
Thomas David Schlamme (/ʃ l ɑː m iː / ; born May 22, 1950) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin. He is known for his work as executive producer on The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as well as his work as director on Sports Night.
Schlamme first worked with Aaron Sorkin on his short-lived ABC comedy/drama Sports Night, for which he directed 16 of its 45 episodes. Their biggest break was in 1999, teaming up again on their hit political drama The West Wing. He directed the pilot episode and from then on served as the executive producer until 2003. He directed 14 episodes of The West Wing in addition to serving as executive producer. In 2003, at the end of the fourth season, Schlamme and Sorkin left the show due to internal conflicts at Warner Bros. TV not involving the NBC network, thrusting producer John Wells into an expanded role as showrunner.
In early October 2005 a pilot script dubbed Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip for a new TV series, written by Sorkin and with Schlamme attached as producer, started circulating around Hollywood and generating interest on the web. A week later, NBC bought from Warner Bros. TV the right to show the TV series on their network for a near-record license fee in a bidding war with CBS. The show’s name was later changed to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
