Tom Reeve

After completing his education at Radley college, England, Tom Reeve joined Morgan Films in 1980 as an editor, working on commercials and documentaries, and extended his experience further with Kastor Films in Amsterdam as an assistant cameraman. His credits for this period include the highly successful Dutch movie The Struggle.

In 1982 he first joined forces with his father, Geoffrey Reeve, to make the $14 million, six-hour miniseries The Far Pavilions, for Home Box Office and British Channel 4, starring Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee and Omar Sharif. Tom stayed with his father to set up a new company whose first venture was the highly-acclaimed feature film The shooting Party, with a cast often referred to as "a veritable 'who's who' of the British cinema".

Subsequently he worked with NBC in America as financial controller for in-house productions in Los Angeles. During this period he worked on the highest-rated network show of 1984, Fatal Vision. He then rejoined his father during 1985, in the role of Production Executive, for the $8 million feature production Half Moon Street, starring Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver.

After the completion of this movie, with his father and older brother James, he set up a new company, Geoff Reeve Pictures Ltd, during which time he formed a subsidiary specifically to handle the production of commercials and sponsored films - Reeve & Partners Film Company Ltd.

In May 1987 Tom produced the première film for Showtime, Souvenir, starring Christopher Plummer, Catherine Hicks, Michel Lonsdale and Christopher Cazenove. This picture was later nominated as "Best International Movie" in the American A.C.E. Cable awards.

Later that year Tom left the family company taking its subsidiary, Reeve & Partners, with him. He immediately moved this company into feature production with Murder Story starring Christopher Lee. He also acted as a consultant to Overview Films, assessing and evaluating films for foreign sales.

Reeve & Partners continues to produce sponsored films and has enjoyed success in the U.S. producing videos for Glenfinnan Music, but the decline of the independent film business in the UK meant a shift in priorities onto the continent and the beginning of a long-term relationship with Joop van den Ende. Tom, acting as Supervising Producer for JE Entertainment/ Konigsberg Sanitsky, produced the CBS television movie of Coins in the Fountain, in Luxembourg, starring Loni Anderson and Stepfanie Kramer.

In October 1990 Tom was appointed Managing Director of JE International S.A. to be based in Luxembourg. As well as the day to day responsibilities of production, the work also includes the financing and long term plans of the company and its productions.

Early in 1991 J E International SA formed a new company with International Film Productions SA a CLT subsidiary. The new company called Delux Productions has grown rapidly producing for the European market as well as continuing to work with the American broadcasters. The company´s credits include One Against the Wind which won the Golden Globe award for best television movie as well as the best actress award for its star Judy Davies, and the French television movie La Maison Vide produced for Antenne 2 that was nominated for two technical awards in France. Delux Productions, following the change in the Luxembourg subsidy system in late 1992, built its first sound stage and Tom found himself with the added responsibility of planning, costing and supervising it. To date, under Tom´s leadership, Delux has produced some 130 hours of drama and has built not only three sound stages but 3200 m/2 of office and dressing room space on the West side of Luxembourg City. Tom´s credits include Danielle Steel´s Jewels for ABC Television, Red Eagle for NBC Network, Prisoner Cell Block H for RTL4, The House That Mary Bought for Showtime Cable Network and The Way To Dusty Death for BSkyB and RTL2.

In May 1995 Tom parted company with Delux largely because the function was moving further away from production and more into studio management. Tom and his partner in Delux, Romain Schroeder, left the company to set up their own production company, The Carousel Picture Company, to continue the quality productions that they had made within Delux and in mid 1995 they produced two four hour miniseries for Showtime Cable Networks and BSkyB called On Dangerous Ground and The Midnite Man based on the novel and short story of the same name by Jack Higgins. Further productions since include Sub Down, Talos The Mummy, The First 9 ½ Weeks, Wing Commander, New World Disorder and Fortress II and The New Adventures of Pinocchio.. Carousel is currently in preproduction on The Enemy and The Pointmen.

Tom has managed to continue driving WSC prototype sports cars and although he has run as high as second in Britain’s fastest sports car series he is currently only third due to missed races as making films must still take priority. Tom continues to enjoy his still photography winning, over the years, a number of awards for his action photography and where time permits he still enjoys a game of tennis