Thomas Vámos


Thomas Vámos is a Hungarian-Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for The Revolving Doors and at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for Being at Home with Claude.
Vámos was born in Budapest, Hungary. His other film credits have included This Is No Time for Romance , Kid Sentiment, Q-Bec My Love, O.K.... Laliberté, Mario, The Dame in Colour , The Peanut Butter Solution, The Gate, Captive Hearts, A Hero's Life , The Sleep Room and Summer with the Ghosts.
He directed a number of films in the 1970s and 1980s, including the feature films Exile and La fleur aux dents. In 1983 the short film The Plant , which Vámos codirected with Joyce Borenstein, won the Montreal Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.