Tom Ford was born on August 27, 1961 in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Santa Fe, USA.
In 1983, he began an internship at Chloe and worked as an assistant to Francede Dieuleveut in media publicity.
In 1986, he graduated from the Parsons School of Design, majoring in Fashion and Interior Design. After that, he worked for two companies, Kathy Hardwick and Perry Ellis.
In 1990, he became the creative director of Gucci.In 1996, Tom Ford won the VH1 Award for Best womenswear Designer and Best menswear Designer.
In 1999, he won the Best women's Designer award.
In 2000, he became the creative Director of YSL.
In 2004, he resigned from his position as creative director of Gucci and YSL, citing a desire to switch to directing and making films.
In April 2005, the Tom Ford brand was created.
In 2009, he directed his first film, A Single Man, based on Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel of the same name, which tells the story of university professor George immersed in the shadow of the death of a same-sex couple in a car accident, and was selected for the 66th Venice International Film Festival main competition.
In 2016, directed by Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams co-starring in the thriller film "Nocturnal Animals", the film is based on the 1993 Austin White novel "Tony and Susan" adaptation, tells the story of Susan left her ex-husband Edward for many years, suddenly one day received Edward sent a novel manuscript, In the reading she fell into an unable to escape the remorse, won the 73rd Venice International Film Festival main competition unit - Jury prize, he was nominated for the 70th British Film Academy Award film award - best director award, the 74th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
Personal life
In 1986, 25-year-old Tom Ford met 38-year-old Richard Buckley (former editor-in-chief of VOGUE Home magazine) through Kathy Hardwick.
In September 2012, the couple adopted a child, named Alexander John Buckley Ford, as a testament to their love. In 2014, the two officially married after Obama approved same-sex marriage.
Tom Ford has the relationship right. He's not only stylish, he's a real director.
Moreover, he has a strong talent for audiovisual language, and stylization has never been his goal in making films.
At the same time, unlike directors who like to weave complex narrative structures, the story lines of his films are not complicated. The designer's professional quality and inertia accumulated over the years have enabled Tom Ford to bring his sensitivity to the body into his films. His films focus more on the body and its related aesthetic elements, paying attention to the display of different levels of body aesthetics and multi-level psychological expression.
Viewers who have seen Tom Ford's works can hardly fail to be attracted by the ingenious characters' costumes in the film, which reveal delicacy, delicacy and nobility everywhere
