T. C. Christensen
| T. C. Christensen | |
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| Born | 1953 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1973–present |
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Tom C. Christensen (born 1953) is an American filmmaker. His films include Joseph Smith: The Man in 1980 to Gordon B. Hinckley: A Giant Among Men in 2008. More recently, he has made films about the Martin and Willie handcart companies, which encountered horrific difficulties while traversing the plains toward the Salt Lake Valley in late 1856.
Christensen grew up in Layton, Utah. He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Ohio and West Virginia from 1972 to 1974. He studied filmmaking at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.
Films by Christensen have received recognition in several film festivals. His Pioneer Miracle received the Best in Show award from the Houston International Film Festival in 2004. His Seasons of the Heart, for which he was both director and cinematographer, received multiple awards in film festivals.
Christensen has made several films about Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism). Among these are Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration and Emma Smith: My Story, both made in cooperation with Gary Cook. Other Mormon-themed films include the biography of LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley, made following Hinckley's death in 2008.
Christensen was the co-author and director of Only A Stonecutter, the story of John R. Moyle, father of James H. Moyle.
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