Thomas Wagner is an American writer, producer and composer working primarily in

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s. He is known for his work on ''Finding Lucy'', an ''American Masters'' PBS documentary about actress

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. Wagner won a prime-time

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for writing and producing that film. His script for ''Finding Lucy'' was also nominated for Best Documentary Script by the

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. Wagner also co-produced another PBS ''American Masters'' documentary, ''Rod Serling: Submitted for your Approval'', and his script for that film bio, co-written with John Goff, was again nominated for Best Documentary Script by the

. The Serling documentary also won a Bronze Plaque at the Columbus Film Festival and a Cine Gold Eagle. Wagner also composed the music for the

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-nominated film, '' Daughter of The Bride'' which aired on

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. In 2005 Wagner received another Emmy nomination for his musical score for the film, ''Patrick'' directed by Pamela Mason Wagner for the

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. Wagner has been composing music for film for over 25 years. Thomas Wagner and director/producer, Pamela Mason Wagner, started Turtle Rock Productions in 1993 to further their desire to create documentaries and advance the art of nonfiction storytelling. Turtle Rock Productions website
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Film Scores

A partial list Thomas Wagner's film and television composing credits is extensive and dates back to 1986. *Trailblazers in Habits (2012) (original score) *Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (2007) TV episode (composer: series theme) *Christmas and the Civil War (2006) (Discovery HD Theater) *John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006) (PBS) *Finding Lucy (2000) (PBS) *Joan of Arc (2005) (Hallmark) *Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) (PBS) (composer: series theme) *Patrick (2004) (Hallmark) *None Without Sin (2003) (PBS) (composer: theme music) *Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi (2003) (Hallmark) *

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: Out of the Shadows (2000) (PBS) (composer: series theme) *Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) (PBS) (composer: series theme) *Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso (2000) (PBS) (composer: theme music) *"100 Years of Terror" (2000) TV series *

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, Reaching for the Note (1998) (PBS) (composer: series theme) *Norville and Trudy (1997) (Walkabout Productions) *Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride (1997) (HBO) *Hasten Slowly: The Journey of Sir Laurens van der Post (1997) (PBS) *"The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith: A Bill Moyers Special" (1996) TV mini-series (PBS) *"American Cinema" (1995) (PBS TV series) (The Star, The Hollywood Style, Film Noir, The Western, Film in the Television Age, The Edge of Hollywood) *What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up (1992) (Children's Television Workshop) *Eyes of War (1989) (Vestron) *USSR Art (1988) (PBS) *Japan Reaches for the 21st Century (1986) (PBS)

Writing and Producing credits

Wagner has been writing and producing television since 1994; his most recent work is for PBS through their ''Nova Science Now'' series. *Nova Science Now: Can We Make It to Mars (2011) (PBS) (co-producer) *Finding Lucy (2000) (PBS) (writer & producer) *Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995) (PBS) (co-writer & co-producer)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Thomas American film producers American film score composers American male film score composers American television producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American male writers