Tommy Anderson has been involved in photography since he was a high school student in Wisconsin. After a tour in the Army Tommy took photography at the University of Wisconsin as one of his electives and expanded his skills. During his career at the Madison, Wisconsin Fire Department he did side work as a photographer and was the photographer for the 115th CES/DEF in the Wisconsin Air National Guard until his retirement in 1993. After retiring from the fire department Tommy went into photography full timeand took additional courses in photography and digital design for business at the Fox Valley Technical College, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Tommy Anderson continued to improve and did photography used in several books, magazines, and media organizations.

Tommy was a contributing photographer for ABC News in Los Angeles and is a member of the National Association of Press Photographers. Tommy Anderson also was a official photographer for the Riverside County Office of Film and Television serving as photographer for the Riverside County Airport systems Airshows in addition to the Planes of Fame Airshows since 2011, and the Wings over Camarillo Airshow since 2016. Tommy also did photography for the Velocity Channels Crossroads Car Shows until they ended over Covid. In addition, has also did photography for the Nixon Presidential Library’s 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam POW release, Comic-Con International, KFROG radio, just to name a few.

In 2015 Tommy was hired to do set photography for the 2018 Emmy Award Winning PBS Documentary “Take Me Home Huey” and was also the chief photographer for the book published documenting the making of the film with the same name. Tommy also did set photography for the films “Life After Oblivion”, “The Tale of Richard Pic”, “The Smartly’s”, “PTSD a Soldiers Revenge”.

I am a multiple best-selling author and screenwriter. He also enjoys his role as a motivational speaker and Host of "The Real Tommy Unleashed" on the IQ Podcast Network in San Diego and is streamed over 10 stations. His show is heard on multiple streaming platforms, iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Apple Play, and more. He is also an accomplished screenwriter and he has written and has been a Producer on the award winning short film "Life After Oblivion,", based on his award winning adapted screenplay. His first feature film screenplay PTSD-A soldiers Revenge is currently in post-production by Panther Trail Films - Hollywood. Tommy has also received his first directing credit on the pilot television series "The Tale of Richard Pic". Since then, he has directed and or produced several award-winning short films. In addition, Tommy is also routinely cast as an actor in commercials, television, and films.

Tommy is also a founding member of VetPics Film Productions in San Diego, California. This is an all-veteran independent film production company whichproduced "Life after Oblivion." Most recently he has been seen as the face of the national Spotify commercial as the man with the dancing dog. His best-selling novel Haboob Wind is now a feature screenplay, and recently won Best International Screen Writer by 8.5 Film Awards. and his new novel Two Million Steps was released in March of 2021 and went to Best Seller on Amazon in two weeks. Tommy has recently adapted this to a feature screenplay and in addition he also recently has written another feature screenplay called "The Broken Road" a romantic drama that has numerous writing awards internationally. Tommy also was a co-writer on the best-selling books “A Veterans Story” and “Take me home Huey.

Currently Tommy is a screenwriting panelist at the San Diego International Kids Film Festival, speaking on screenwriting basics, adapting a screenplay from a book or story, creating a Pitch Deck, Pitching your script, and more. In addition to his numerous classes in creative writing, screenwriting, acting, producing, and film making classes/seminars Tommy has an AD in Fire Engineering, a BA in Fire Engineering- technology, and a MA in Public Administration.