Thomai Hatsios is a director, writer and producer of films, music videos, documentaries and commercials. In her 17 years of living in Los Angeles she has managed to accumulate experience from virtually all aspects of film and commercial production and post-production.
By age 16, Thomai was thrust into the limelight of Detroit's arts and entertainment establishment. Her troupe of actors and performers would eventually become the multimedia performance tour de force, Metahara Presents. Early in the evolution of her theater company, Thomai wrote, directed and performed in shows at some of the finest performance venues in Detroit, Chicago, New York City and Toronto.
In 1991 Thomai moved her base of operations to New Orleans, LA. Highlights of her tenure in New Orleans include a live performance that consisted of a cast of 45 that was presented on 3 city blocks in collaboration with NOMA (New Orleans Museum Of Art), multiple performances and installations at the CAC (Contemporary Art Center) a tour of Europe and travels to Morocco where she co-produced and directed a documentary about Ghnawa musicians which premiered in Peter Gabriel's Real World Music World Tour. Her work, already multi-media, had become more filmic.
Fueled by the desire to learn every aspect of film production, Thomai relocated to Los Angeles. In 1998 she bought her first digital camera and immediately began creating dance films, experimental films and documentary. After learning to edit her projects in Final Cut, she became a freelance editor, called on by several boutique promo and instructional video companies. Thomai moved to on set production working as a PA, Camera Operator, AD and PM; eventually stepping into her bliss as Director and Producer.