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Tommy Lohmann (in his first "Lost"-episodes sometimes credited as Tom Lohmann or as Thomas Lohmann) is a camera operator and a steadicam operator in season 2 ("Dave" and "?"), in almost all episodes of seasons 3 and 4 and in the first seven episodes of season 5. He was only credited as camera operator without an "A" or a "B" (for "A" camera or "B" camera), his steadicam operating on "Lost" was complete uncredited.

Background[]

  • son of a cinematographer
  • majored in English and Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley
  • after his graduation, he started working at a film rental house, where he (among others) was cleaning filters
  • worked his way up from second camera assistant to first camera assistant to the position of camera operator
  • worked in "Melrose Place" as camera assistant in season 4 and as second unit steadicam operator in seasons 5-7
  • was camera/steadicam operator" in seasons 4-6 of "Nash Bridges", in seasons 8-9 of "Emergency Room", in season 2 of "Without a Trace" and others
  • was steadicam operator in the movies ""Adaptation.", "Spanglish", "Kinsey", "Don't come Knocking" and others
  • was camera/steadicam operator in the movies "Ride with the Devil", "Chain of Fools", "Human Nature", "Hulk", "Spartan", "Grilled", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Thank You for Smoking", "Snakes on a Plane", "Brothers" and others
  • was camera/steadicam operator in some commercials ("CVS", "Toys'r'us", "Adidas [Impossible is nothing]")

Trivia[]

  • his specialty is steadicam operation
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