Biography
Thomas Essig is an American film producer, musician, actor. Thomas was the drummer in the Pittsburgh band The Prestons for a few years until his job with McKesson as a Robot Tech took him to NY in 1999. In 2022, his filmmaking/music career allowed him to move back to the Pittsburgh area where he has family, longtime friends, and an undying devotion to the Pirates. He is now involved in the Pittsburgh film community. In 2005 while living in Hudson, NY, the opportunity to act in live theater was offered to him. He spent a couple of seasons performing in upstate New York at the Rhinebeck Centre of the Arts. Noteworthy, he had a prominent role in the first run show, War Games, A World War II Memoir by Sam Hall. He has on screen credits as well. The film career stems from being a musician, specifically a drummer from age 6. His interest in writing and recording music began in the 80’s. Tom states. “Recording on a Tascam 424 4 track cassette recorder was the greatest experience in learning the art of audio engineering. Imagine recording a whole band, including a drum set on 4 tracks and then make it sound good sonically.” By the 2000’s he was playing multiple instruments, …
