Tom Pollock
| Tom Pollock | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 10, 1943 (age 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Malibu, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Attorney, business executive, film producer |
| Children | Alexandra Pollock Gagerman Allegra Pollock Brandano Luke Pollock |
| Parent(s) | Helene Zalk Pollock Joseph Pollock |
Thomas Philip Pollock was born April 10, 1943, in Los Angeles, California. He started as an entertainment lawyer, then became a studio executive, and is currently a major motion picture producer. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute, Adjunct Professor of Film University of California Santa Barbara, former trustee of the Los Angeles Music Center and a member of the California Bar Association. He is also co-owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998.
Thomas Philip Pollock was born to a Jewish family on April 10, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, the son of Helene (nee Zalk) and Dr. Joseph Pollock. He has two siblings: Ken Pollock and Margo Pollock Sinclair. He attended The Happy Valley School, now named Besant Hill School, in Ojai, CA. Pollock graduated with a B.A. with distinction from Stanford University in 1964. He went on to the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, served as Editor of the Law Review and received a J.D. in 1967.
Tom Pollock started his career in 1968 as an assistant to George Stevens, founding director of The American Film Institute (AFI). In 1969, Pollock became manager of business affairs for AFI's new film school Center for Advanced Film Studies. 1970, he started the entertainment law firm Pollock, Rigrod, and Bloom which later became Pollock, Bloom and Dekom, now Bloom Hergott. Having started the firm with no established clients, Pollock recruited film students from both AFI and elsewhere. Among his first clients was George Lucas. At the time, Lucas was doing THX-1138 followed by American Graffiti and then Star Wars. In addition to The Star Wars trilogy Pollock was instrumental in initiating the productions of The Indiana Jones and Superman trilogies. By the 1980s Pollock, Bloom and Dekom was one of the premier entertainment firms in Los Angeles.
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