A. Troy Thomas graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 with a BS in Mass Communications/Advertising. He began his television career in 1987 as a cameraman for a local cable channel in Richmond, Virginia. Troy later was a founding member of the Richmond-based production company Delmar Communications working there from 1988-92, rising to the position of Production Supervisor.In 1992 Troy accepted a position in Cincinnati as Director of Production for VideoWorks, a full-service production facility. In March 1993 Troy Thomas founded Inertia Films on a dining room table in his Cincinnati, Ohio apartment. Work in the early years was provided by many corporate clients like Procter & Gamble, and many daily news magazine programs.In June 2003, he realized a life-long dream by finally moving his company into their new production facility near downtown Atlanta.The year 2003 also earned Troy a SE Emmy Award for his camera work on the Inertia Films original program FORGIVEN FOR LIFE chronicling the life of David Berkowitz, formerly known as the “Son of Sam.” His co-producer efforts with David Druckenmiller on the same project earned both of them a SE Emmy Award nomination for best documentary. In 2009 Troy won another SE Emmy Award for his cinematography work on the PBS documentary PAPA SAID, WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET. Troy also won (2) Capital Emmy Awards for the PBS documentary LIBERTY & SLAVERY: THE PARADOX OF AMERICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS.In addition to the (4) Emmy Awards Troy has won 150+ awards in various film festivals/video competitions including (20) Tellys, two CINDYs, Axiem and five Worldfest Houston Awards. His location credits now include 38 US states and 12 countries on four continents.He is the founder and president of Storyteller Ministries, an Atlanta-based organization.Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/InertiaFilmsTwitter:https://twitter.com/Inertiafilms
