Background
Tom Oesch grew up in Rebstein, a small rural town in Switzerland. After his mother had taken him to see Jurassic Park at the local movie theater, he decided that he wanted to make a film himself.
Tom Oesch grew up in Rebstein, a small rural town in Switzerland. After his mother had taken him to see Jurassic Park at the local movie theater, he decided that he wanted to make a film himself.
University of Southern California.
He shot his first short with his brother"s help on his father"s old South-VHS camcorder at age 14. After high school, and a handful of other short films, Oesch decided to relocate to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue filmmaking professionally. He attended both Los Angeles City College and University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts where he wrote and directed another dozen shorts.
He graduated in 2004 and directed his first music video just a few months later.
Oesch continued to direct and edit music videos, commercials, and other short form content, and soon also worked for many of the major television networks (Home Box Office, British Broadcasting Corporation, Video Hits One, Sy Fy, East! Entertainment, Oxygen, Bravo, Black Entertainment Television, OWN, Lifetime, Spike television, Animal Planet, and many more).
