A. Troy Thomas

As of December 2020, he has worked 82+ NFL games for TV networks during his career. Currently Troy has seen 30 of the current 32 NFL teams play in person. The only NFL teams Troy has not seen play in person are the Detroit Lions and San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers.

As of May 25, 2018, his "Liberty & Slavery" documentary is available for purchase and rental on the Video On Demand (VOD) platforms: Amazon Prime, iTunes, GooglePlay, Vudu and Steam.

Did a radio interview with NPR's WABE 90.1 station broadcast on February 2, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia for his documentary "Liberty & Slavery: The Paradox of America's Founding Fathers".

Screened his documentary "Liberty & Slavery" at the Virginia Film Festival on November 3, 2016 in Charlottesville, Virginia. After the screening, Troy was able to have lunch with two high school classmates whom he hadn't seen in 25+ years.

Was a church deacon at Ponce Presbyterian Church (formerly known as St. Paul's Presbyterian Church) in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia from 2011-2019.

Has worked as a cameraman for Major League Baseball National League playoff games in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2020 covering the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Amazingly, Troy's hometown Atlanta Braves lost every playoff series he covered from 2010-2019. The Braves finally beat the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Wild Card Series playoffs in October 2020, thus breaking a 19 year playoff series victory drought for the Braves.

In June 2003, he realized a life-long dream by finally moving his company into their new production facility near downtown Atlanta.

The year 2003 also earned Troy a SE Emmy Award for his camera work on the Inertia Films original program "Forgiven for Life" chronicling the life of David Berkowitz, formerly known as the "Son of Sam. " His co-producer efforts with David Druckenmiller on the same project earned both of them a SE Emmy Award nomination for best documentary.

Has worked (4) Super Bowls. (2000, 2001, 2013 and 2019).

September 1996 saw him move the Inertia Films' headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia to leverage the post-Olympic boom that the city was experiencing. Since the move to Atlanta, Troy has added several high profile television series to his camera resume including: "Biography", "History's Mysteries", "Gangland", "Investigative Reports", Discovery's "National Body Challenge", "PGA Tour Sunday", "Storm Stories", "NFL Total Access" etc.

The first video & film industry award that Troy won was a Crystal Communicator Award in 1995 for "City Gospel Mission", a series of commercials for a Cincinnati based homeless shelter.

" It was during this time from 1994-96 that Troy honed his skills shooting and field producing a nationally distributed television show. Inertia Films other credits now include "American Idol", "Auction Kings", "NFL Thursday Night Football", "Hard Knocks", "Meet The Press" and "Talking Dead".

In March 1993 Troy Thomas founded Inertia Films on a dining room table in his Cincinnati, Ohio apartment. Work in the early years was provided by many corporate clients like Procter & Gamble, and daily news magazine programs including "Inside Edition", "American Journal", "Entertainment Tonight", "Oprah" and "Extra". Inertia Films grew in visibility after landing a two and a half year project shooting the reality-based program "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol.

In 1992 Troy accepted a position in Cincinnati as Director of Production for VideoWorks, a full-service production facility.

Troy later was a founding member of the Richmond-based production company Delmar Communications working there from 1988-92, rising to the position of Production Supervisor.

He began his television career in 1987 as a cameraman for a local cable channel in Richmond, Virginia.

A. Troy Thomas graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 with a BS in Mass Communications/Advertising.

Grew up a Baltimore Colts fan until, in 1984 the Irsay family-- that owned the Colts, moved the Colts to Indianapolis in literally the middle of the night. After this experience, Troy's favorite team became the San Francisco 49ers.

Lived in Richmond, Virginia from 1983-92. Attended Virginia Commonwealth University from 1983-86 majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Advertising, graduating with a 3.75 GPA in his major.

Is a 1982 high school graduate of Nansemond Suffolk Academy in Suffolk, Virginia.

In the late 1980's appeared in a few TV commercials and corporate videos portraying a doctor and medical examiner.

Troy loved watching the show "Hogan's Heroes" as a teenager. The show's original run ran from 1965-71 but Troy, born in 1964, watched "Hogan's Heroes" reruns for many years and still enjoys the show.

Was born at Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia on May 7, 1964 at 4:55 PM.

Thought for 35+ years that he was the first person in his family to ever attend college. However while checking some family history, discovered that his paternal Grandfather's brother had attended college in the first part of the 20th century.