What if every frame was a question,
and every cut a step towards the answer.

the what

When I said: Tom Schlagkamp,
you said: Tom WHT ?

And it turned into a method: how follows what.
What is the core of the story.
What stays after the film ended.
What if it works.

Almost 2 decades in commercial filmmaking strengthened visual precision of kinetic energy in perfect timing. An additional decade of directing films and documentaries sharpened vision & feel for authentic emotional depth. The craft now serves a larger ambition: storytelling at the intersection of emotional presence and a vision for our future. Adaptive, inevitable and progressive — always inspired by the heart of the curious mind.

work

Selected works

FILM · 2013THE ROCK'N'ROLL MANIFESTO MUSIC FILM · 2022INTERSUBJECTIVE
SHORT FILM · 2023S’ALL GOOD THE RIGHT WAY · 2022CHIVAS DIGITAL YOUTH · 2023SAMSUNG GALAXY A NUMBERS YOU CAN COUNT ON TRUE LEGEND · 2016100 PIPERS YOUNIQUE · 2021VODAFONE McFLURRY · 2020McDONALD'S LIVE RESTLESS · 2018ADIDAS NEO THINK NEW · 2016VW
contact

Say ¿What!

tom@thewhat.club

Director · Berlin