Thom Zimny

Thom Zimny is an American film director and editor, most noted for his work on both music videos and long-form concert films with American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.

Early career Zimny began his career as an editor with credits on independent films and music videos, and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming at the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2001 for his work on the Springsteen concert special Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City. He was also an editor on the drama television series The Wire.

He directed the Netflix film of the Springsteen on Broadway concert residency, for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2019.

The 2019 film Western Stars, which Zimny co-directed with Springsteen as the musician's own directorial debut, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2020 he directed the documentary film Letter to You. Zimny directed the 2024 documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band showcasing the band's tour rehearsals after a six year hiatus following the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Springsteen's own personal reflections along with rare clips and extensive concert performances from the Springsteen and E Street Band 2023–2025 Tour. In 2026, he directed the video for the song Streets of Minneapolis, about the events of Operation Metro Surge.

Other work He also directed the Elvis Presley documentary film Elvis Presley: The Searcher, the Willie Nelson documentary series Willie Nelson and Family, and the 2023 Sylvester Stallone documentary film Sly.