Tom Waller (full name Thomas de Warrenne Waller) was born in Bangkok to a Thai Buddhist mother and Irish Catholic father. He spent his formative years at a Benedictine monastery school in Yorkshire, England, before pursuing a career in film and television. After attending the Northern Film School in Leeds, England in 1995, he embarked on producing and directing his first feature film project Monk Dawson (1998) aka Passion for the Priest (US video title), based on the award-winning novel by Piers Paul Read. The film was theatrically released in 1998 to critical acclaim. After 5 years in London, Waller returned to his native Thailand in 2002 as a producer of independent feature films, with Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), The Elephant King (2006) amongst the acclaimed titles produced through his production company De Warrenne Pictures. In 2008, he produced Thomas Clay's Soi Cowboy (2008) which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard. After producing assignments in Thailand on foreign films Bitter/Sweet (2009), Creation (2009) and the The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010), Waller decided to return to his passion for directing with Sop-mai-ngeap (2011), his Thai language cinematic directorial debut. The film was nominated for 5 Thailand National Film Association awards including Best Picture and Best Director. In addition to directing again, he served as a producer on the English language debut of celebrated Thai director Prachya Pinkaew (Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)) with the Hollywood action thriller Elephant White (2011) starring two time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou and Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon. In 2014, he produced and directed The Last Executioner (2014), a biopic on Thailand's last prison executioner, which won the prestigious 'Tukkata Tong' or Golden Doll awards for Best Picture, given by the Thai Entertainment Reporters Association. The film also earned him Best Director at the Dhaka International Film Festival. In 2016 he served as line producer for the action sequel Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), starring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones and Michelle Yeoh. Since 2004, Waller has been owner and managing director of De Warrenne Pictures Co. Ltd., now one of Thailand's leading full service production companies serving foreign productions based out of Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The company recently handled Wanda Media's psychological thriller Battle of Memories (2017), directed by Leste Chen, which was entirely filmed in Thailand. In 2019, Waller wrote and directed The Cave (2019), the first narrative feature film about the dramatic Thai Cave Rescue that captivated the world in the summer of 2018. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and achieved over half a million admissions upon release in Thailand. A Director's Cut of the film was released in the US by Lionsgate in 2022 under the title of Cave Rescue (2022). In 2023, he teamed up with Irish writer/actor Eoin O'Brien to make Kiss of the Con Queen based on a true story of the Hollywood Con Queen scam, which was filmed in five countries and starring Ravi Patel Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) in the titular role.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 4, 1974 (52)
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Producer and director
- 12 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Tom Waller's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 5
Grounded 6 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tom Waller's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Glory Days (2014) · producer · free
- Creation (2009) · producer · free
- Battle of Memories (2017) · producer · free
- Cautionary Tale (2023) · producer · free
- Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) · producer · free
- The Cave (2019) · director, writer, producer · free
- Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) · producer · free
- The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010) · producer · free
- Elephant White (2011) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Tom Waller's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Crushed(2025)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Kiss of the Con Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Cautionary Tale(2023)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Cave(2019)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Battle of Memories(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Un Nuovo Giorno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mechanic: Resurrection(2016)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Last Executioner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Secret Sharer(2014)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Glory Days(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear(2013)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Mindfulness and Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Elephant White(2011)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Creation(2009)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Bitter/Sweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Ghost of Mae Nak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Butterfly Man(2002)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Eviction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Monk Dawson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 1998 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Highest rated
Creation (2009)
Most popular right now
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Tom Waller's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Tom Waller's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Tom Waller work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tom Waller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Boaz Davidson shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Boaz DavidsonShared titles: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Boaz Davidson
Actors
- Vithaya PansringarmShared titles: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Vithaya Pansringarm
- Sahajak BoonthanakitShared titles: Crushed (2025), Elephant White (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Sahajak Boonthanakit
- Francis MageeShared titles: Glory Days (2014), Butterfly Man (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Francis Magee
Cinematographers and editors
- Wade MullerShared titles: Crushed (2025), Glory Days (2014), Elephant White (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Wade Muller
- Irit RazShared titles: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Irit Raz
Producers
- Avi LernerShared titles: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Avi Lerner
- Frank DeMartiniShared titles: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Frank DeMartini
- Trevor ShortShared titles: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011), The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Trevor Short
- John ThompsonShared titles: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Elephant White (2011)See all 3 shared titles with John Thompson
Mixed roles
- Kaprice KeaShared titles: Glory Days (2014), Butterfly Man (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Kaprice Kea