Thomas L. Neff

Oscar-Nominated and Emmy-winning and nominated documentary filmmaker Tom Neff has over twenty-five years' experience in the film industry. An MFA graduate of USC School of Cinema/Television, his films have garnered over 25 national and international awards, including an Oscar nomination, an Emmy win and an Emmy nomination. Neff founded the Documentary Channel(TM), the nation's first 24/7 channel, dedicated exclusively to showing independent documentaries and which launched on DISH Network in January 2006. The network was sold to Participant Media for over $50mm and aired to over 45 million viewers nationally. Neff created the DOC brand, the original programming schedule, and the Channel's seven signature ongoing series: "DocTalk," "Treasures of the Academy," "From the Vault," "Doc-U," "Oscar's Picks," "Soundcheck," and the recent African American showcase, "Black Documentary Cinema." Neff Executive Produced all original documentary films and product created by the Channel, including t