Thomas Bliss

Thomas Albert Bliss (born December 13, 1952) is an American motion picture producer and executive producer. He is a founding partner at Strike Entertainment.

From 1984 to the present, Bliss has been credited with producing more than 30 productions (including The Hurricane and Air Force One)

Biography

Bliss attended UCLA Film School (1975), later returning to UCLA School of Law for a law degree (Juris Doctor, 1982). He was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1983. Bliss is a graduate of Directors Guild of America Producers Training Plan.

Bliss is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Directors Guild of America – Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers Training Program, the Board of Trustees of California Indian Legal Services, and the Board of Trustees of the Fund for Wild Nature. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Accolades

Bliss has been honored with a Peabody Award, two CableACE Awards, and an American Red Cross Humanities Service Medal.

Thomas Bliss (MP)

Thomas Bliss (ca. 1647 – 8 October 1721) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1698 and 1708.

Bliss was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone in 1698 and was returned unopposed in January 1701. In November 1701 he was re-elected despite a smear campaign which accused him of Jacobitism. In July 1702 he was defeated in the poll, but the election was declared void because of corruption by the Whigs and the writ for the constituency was suspended until 1704. Bliss was re-elected for Maidstone in 1704 and held the seat until 1708 when he did not stand. His political battles continued in the borough where he was re-admitted as alderman in 1710 but declared as not chosen by the Whig majority in 1711.

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