Tom Poole (colorist)

Tom Poole is the Chief Creative Officer and Senior Colorist at Company 3. He was born in London, England, where he began his career, before moving to the States in 2004. He joined Company 3 in 2007.

Career

In 2013, 2015 and 2016 he won a Hollywood Post Alliance award for Outstanding Color Grading.
Poole was recognized with two 2019 AICP awards for ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ on National Lottery ‘Amazing Starts Here’ and ‘Best Music Video Color Grading’ for The Carters ‘Apes**t’. In 2017 Poole won the AICP ‘Best Commercial Color Grading Over :90’ award for Squarespace ‘John's Journey’ and in 2016 the ‘Best Color Grading’ award for the Adidas ‘Future’ campaign.
In 2017 Poole was accepted into The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Selected filmography

2023

Title	Director	Cinematographer	Editor	Roles	Other notes
Jamojaya	Justin Chon	Ante Cheng	Reynolds Barney	Colorist	Company 3 Producer: Zac Gobetz Company 3 Head of Production: Mike Maida
Landscape with Invisible Hand	Cory Finley	Lyle Vincent	Louise Ford	Finishing Colorist	Dailies Colorist: Marc Lulkin Color Assistant: Emily Bailey
Past Lives	Celine Song	Shabier Kirchner	Keith Fraase Additional Editor: Shannon Fitzpatrick	Finishing Colorist	Color Assistants: Andrew Mirnamesh, Mena Smith Finishing Producer: Zac Gobetz
Shotgun Wedding	Jason Moore	Peter Deming	Doc Crotzer	Colorist	Additional Color: Jenny Montgomery Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Jake White
If You Were the Last	Kristian Mercado	Alex Disenhof	Henry Hayes	Supervising Finishing Colorist	Finishing Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth Color Assistants: Mena Smith, Andrew Mirmanesh
Dreamin' Wild	Bill Pohlad	Arnaud Potier	Annette Davey	Colorist	Dailies Colorist : Gabriel McIntyre Head of Production: Michael Maeda
The Good Mother	Miles Joris-Peyrafitte	Charlotte Hornsby	Taylor Levy, Damian Rodriguez	Supervising Colorist	Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Dumb Money	Craig Gillespie	Nikolas Karakatsanis	Kirk Baxter Additional Editor: Rex Lowry	Finishing Colorist Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth	Color Assistant: Melina Smith Dailies Colorist : Tom Klane
Fingernails	Christos Nikou	Marcell Rév	Yorgos Zafeiris	Colorist	Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth Dailies Colorist: Kelly Milligan
The Marvels	Nia DaCosta	Sean Bobbitt	Evan Schiff, Catrin Hedström	Supervising Finishing Artist	Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs Finishing Artists: Adam Nazarenko, Jared Pecht, Alan Louis Gordon
Leave the World Behind	Sam Esmail	Tod Campbell	Lisa Lassek	Finishing Colorist Additional Color: Dustin Wadsworth	Color Assistant: Mena Smith Head of Dailies: Andrew Dearnley

2024

Title	Director	Cinematographer	Editor	Roles	Other notes
Origin	Ava DuVernay	Matthew J. Lloyd	Spencer Averick	Colorist Additional Colorist: Matt Osborne	Color Assistant: Jason Maydick Dailies Colorist: Karli Windischmann
The Greatest Hits	Ned Benson	Chung Chung-hoon	Saira Haider	Colorist Additional Colorist: Matt Osborne	Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson Dailies Colorist: Tom Klane
A Quiet Place: Day One	Michael Sarnoski	Pat Scola	Andrew Mondshein, Gregory Plotkin	Supervising Colorist	Finishing / Dailies Colorist: Jake M. White Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Mark Molloy	Eduard Grau	Dan Lebental Additional Editor: Asaf Eisenberg	Supervising Colorist Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth	Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson Dailies Colorists: Jack Tashdjian, Tom Klane
MaXXXine	Ti West	Eliot Rockett	Ti West	Finishing Colorist Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth	Color Assistant: Frankie Hudson Dailies Colorist: Jack Tashdjian
Rez Ball	Sydney Freeland	Kira Kelly	Jessica Baclesse Additional Editor: Elliott Traeger	Finishing Colorist	Dailies Colorist/Additional Colorist: Jake M. White
Blitz	Steve McQueen	Yorick Le Saux	Peter Sciberras	Colorist	Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth
Carry-On	Jaume Collet-Serra	Lyle Vincent	Elliot Greenberg, Krisztian Majdik, Fred Raskin	Colorist	Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

2025

Title	Director	Cinematographer	Editor	Roles	Other notes
Magazine Dreams	Elijah Bynum	Adam Arkapaw	Jon Otazua	Colorist	Finishing Editor: Gina Kalim Company 3 Producer: Kate Albers
Thunderbolts*	Jake Schreier	Andrew Droz Palermo	Angela M. Catanzaro, Harry Yoon	Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs	Finishing Artist: Adam Nazarenko 3D Finishing Artists: Jared Pecht, Joel McWilliams
The Fantastic Four: First Steps	Matt Shakman	Jess Hall	Nona Khodai, Tim Roche Additional Editor: Terel Gibson	Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs	Finishing Artist: Adam Nazarenko 3D Finishing Artists: Jared Pecht, Nick Nassif
The Toxic Avenger	Macon Blair	Dana Gonzales	Brett W. Bachman, James Thomas	Colorist
Eleanor the Great	Scarlett Johansson	Hélène Louvart	Harry Jierjian	Colorist Additional Colorist: Jake M. White	Digital Intermediate Color Assists: Frankie Hudson, Marlagne Piard Dailies Colorist: Alex Kaufman
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere	Scott Cooper	Masanobu Takayanagi	Pamela Martin	Colorist
Hedda	Nia DaCosta	Sean Bobbitt	Jacob Secher Schulsinger	Supervising Colorist	Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth

2026

Title	Director	Cinematographer	Editor	Roles	Other notes
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple	Nia DaCosta	Sean Bobbitt	Jake Roberts	Colourist Additional Colorist: Dustin Wadsworth	Lead Colour Assistant: Shing Hong Chan Colour Assistants: Alex Coveney, Emma Hockley, Christopher Jamieson-Green, Joss Hardman, Jonas Jangvad, Hugh Howlett, Conor Middleton
Spider-Man: Brand New Day	Destin Daniel Cretton	Brett Pawlak	Nat Sanders	Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs
Avengers: Doomsday	Anthony and Joe Russo	Newton Thomas Sigel	Jeffrey Ford	Supervising Finishing Artist Creative Finishing Supervisor: Evan Jacobs	Finishing Artist: Adam Nazarenko 3D Finishing Artist: Jared Pecht

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