Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Tom Quigley has been working professionally in film and television since his graduation from Drexel University in 2010 and has been teaching as an adjunct professor since 2013.  He has extensive experience throughout the industry in locations around the globe in all kinds of production, both large scale and small.

Tom has worked in the grip and electric departments for many feature films and television productions, including Oprah's Last Chapter and '1982'.  He has worked as a camera operator and director of photography on countless documentaries, advertisements, and pieces of branded content for brands like Men's Health, Travel & Leisure, and the Hagerty Driver's Foundation.  And he has directed and Assistant Directed for many more short films, feature films, and documentaries, including "88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine".

Tom has a deeply vested interest in building up the next generation of filmmakers.  As a graduate of Drexel's own film program, he wants to see the students of his alma matter succeed in the industry, and he wants to create the kind of technicians and craftspeople that he would like to work with out in the world.