Executive Producer
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan's biographical epic became the defining theatrical event of 2023 and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Major motion pictures. Global production scale.
Thomas Hayslip
Executive producer and production leader behind event-scale cinema, from Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning Oppenheimer to Twisters, Tenet, Ferrari, and franchise productions built for the biggest screen.
The Work
Scale, taste, and precision.
Thomas Hayslip brings a rare combination to a production: major-studio execution, international logistics, franchise fluency, and the calm authority required on sets where the margin for error is thin. His filmography runs from Inception to Oppenheimer to The Odyssey — original blockbusters, prestige drama, and franchise tentpoles built for the biggest screen.
Having risen through unit production management to executive producer, he works where the creative ambition of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Michael Mann meets the practical machinery of studio filmmaking — budgets, crews, locations, and schedules at global scale. In television, he produced Lucasfilm's Obi-Wan Kenobi, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination, and Amazon's Jack Ryan.
Selected Credits
Films built at the highest level.
Executive Producer
The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan's mythic action epic for Universal and Syncopy, scheduled for theatrical release July 17, 2026.
Executive Producer
Twisters
A large-scale summer disaster film pairing practical weather spectacle with modern franchise momentum.
Producer
Ferrari
Michael Mann's period drama built around precision, risk, speed, and a legendary year in Enzo Ferrari's life.
Producer
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lucasfilm's Star Wars limited series for Disney+, nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
Executive Producer
Tenet
An international, practical-effects spy spectacle staged across continents and engineered for theatrical scale.
Executive Producer
Triple Frontier
A grounded ensemble action thriller balancing military precision, terrain, and moral pressure.
Co-Producer
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Franchise production at scale, blending creature work, visual effects, and international logistics.
Unit Production Manager
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
High-energy Marvel production with a massive visual effects pipeline and ensemble-driven set work.
Associate Producer
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Practical stunt filmmaking, global locations, and one of modern action cinema's most durable franchises.
Associate Producer
Inception
A modern original blockbuster remembered for its architecture, practical craft, and global imagination.
Set Photography
Behind the frame.
Camera teams, practical environments, and the discipline of large-format production — the work as it looks from the inside, where the plan meets the day.
Producer Craft
How the work gets made.
Trusted under pressure
Enormous productions should feel controlled. On sets where hundreds of crew, practical effects, and irreplaceable shooting days converge, discipline and restraint are what keep the film on screen and the chaos off it.
Comfortable at scale
Global crews, international locations, large-format cameras, and the logistical realities of tentpole filmmaking — the machinery that turns a director's ambition into a shooting schedule that holds.
In service of the film
Production leadership is judgment, not paperwork: knowing what the director needs before it's asked for, and clearing the path so the creative work can stay creative.
Trajectory
From JFK to The Odyssey.
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1991
JFK
A start at the ground floor: research assistant for Oliver Stone.
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2001
Donnie Darko
Line producer on the independent film that became a generational cult classic.
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2007–2008
Pirates of the Caribbean / The Dark Knight
Production supervisor on back-to-back era-defining blockbusters.
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2010–2015
Inception / Rogue Nation
Associate producer and production leadership on landmark originals and practical action spectacle.
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2017–2022
Tenet / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Executive producer on Nolan's global spy epic; Emmy-nominated producer of Lucasfilm's limited series.
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2023–2026
Oppenheimer / The Odyssey
Seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, the hit Twisters, and Nolan's mythic epic next.
Contact
Let's talk about your production.
For production, representation, and press inquiries, reach Thomas directly at tom@thomashayslip.com.