Tom Ford

Birthday: 27 August 1961, Austin, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Thomas Carlyle Ford

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He gained fame as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2006, Ford launched his own "Tom Ford" label.Ford directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016), both films were Oscar-nominated.His directorial debut A Single Man is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The film starred Colin Firth who was nominated for an Academy Award.In 2016 he directed Nocturnal Animals, an adaptation of the Austin Wright novel Tony and Susan. The film starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Laura Linney. Show less «

People don't understand it and they will probably laugh when they read this, but fashion is one of t...Show more »

People don't understand it and they will probably laugh when they read this, but fashion is one of the most grueling, brutal industries in the world because we create a constant stream of product that is perishable. And it's speeding up so fast. People consume. They're bored. They consume. They're bored. They consume. They're bored. Show less «

[observation, 2016] I am hoping for a Democratic president - though a female President won't be able...Show more »

[observation, 2016] I am hoping for a Democratic president - though a female President won't be able to wear my clothes because they're too expensive. And I think that's absolutely right. Show less «

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think there needs to be - I don't really like the word moral - a mora...Show more »

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think there needs to be - I don't really like the word moral - a moral to the story. You need to think about it. Things can be entertaining, but if you leave the theater and it doesn't stay with you, doesn't haunt you, doesn't challenge you, then it's not successful, for me. So I hope to make films that make one think. [2016] Show less «

If you spend an hour and a half in a movie theater, it should challenge you.

I had a tiny bit of fashion training, but not really. I had no formal training as a film director ei...Show more »

I had a tiny bit of fashion training, but not really. I had no formal training as a film director either. Show less «

I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is ...Show more »

I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it. Show less «

Tom Ford

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