CURRENT MISSION

To expand cultural and filmmaking knowledge through friends, film and photography

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm Tommi,

I'm a film director and photographer

I decided to make films after watching 'Tutto Su Mia Madre'.

I never leave home without my stills camera, which I use to develop my visual eye, and my cultural awareness.

At this present time, I consider myself somewhat naive to how the world is, and through travel and photography, i hope to do something about that.

PHILOSOPHY

Help the next person out first. Send the elevator back down.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Although not directly linked to the website, I hope that the photographs I bring back manage to isolate and convey what particular places represent. Some of my work can be found here:

www.mpstills.com

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Paris, Girona, Barcelona

Interests

Football: Leeds United

Photographing bands, actors and movies for a living, and making films.

Making curry and risotto .

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies directors: Almodóvar, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Lynch, Leone, Scorcese, Lang, Wilder.

Films: Trainspotting, Mulholland Drive, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Tutto Su Mia Madre, Practically everything by Kubrick and Kurosawa.

Books: The Godfather (Puzo), A portrait of the Artist in the Twentieth Century (Joyce).

Favourite Albums: OK Computer, Leftism, Daydream Nation, Blue Lines.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sneaked into the Cannes festival by pretending my travel card was a access badge.

The coach ride from Calais to Paris.

Coffee at 2am in Barcelona.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great food and photos.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom