Famous designer Tom Ford, who left the fashion world behind to try something new, something like cinematography, declared Wednesday his first deal to direct a film.
A Single Man, starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode, is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles in November.
This film is an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel A Single Man.
Tom Ford left high-profile job place at Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci in 2004 with great fanfare, declaring purpose of bringing his knack for all things shining and defiant to the world of entertainment.
After leaving Gucci, Ford also signed on with CreativeArtists Agency with the aim to slide into the director’s chair.
That time he bragged on three projects in the works and formed his own production company, Fade to Black, the next year.
Over time though, Tom found himself drawn back into fashion: a cosmetics partnership with Estee Lauder, sunglasses, a high-end menswear brand, and now menswear stores in twenty cities.
Tom Ford, who was recently ranked 12th in a list of the 49 men, who’re most powerful the way other men thought, behaved and shopped, adapted the scenario for his own financed project with David Scearce.
But he didn’t give up on films. Ford lives part-time in Los Angeles and increasingly has become a red-carpet player with the likes of Daniel Craig and Tom Hanks wearing his tuxedos to major events.
One of Ford’s well-advertised customer is Daniel Craig, who wears Tom Ford’s outfits in the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
Good luck Tom! We hope you will make a nice movie!
