Tom Jennings was born in Chicago and raised in Santa Barbara, California. After high school, he attended Hanover College, Northwestern, The University of California at Berkeley and The University of Illinois. Between Berkeley and Northwestern, he spent two years active duty in the Marine Corps. Following college he began a career as a municipal bond broker. Shortly after his training as a broker commenced, a conversation with a friend lured him into the entertainment business and he left the brokerage firm to join the Artist's Agency Corporation. He then became Bing Crosby's de facto gopher. Within one year, he became Casting Director at United Artists Television casting The Patty Dukes Show, My Mother The Car, and Okay Crackerby. He then moved over to Universal Television where he replaced Mike Medavoy as Casting Director; doing shows such as The Bob Hope Chrysler Theater, Run for Your Life, The Name of the Game, It Takes a Theif, Adam 12, and others, as well as several "made-for-TV" movies including How I Spent My Summer Vacation which was the first movie made for television. In 1972, he accepted the position of Director of Visual and Performing Arts at Expo 74, after which he returned to Hollywood and became Casting Director for the #1 show, Kung Fu. His boss at Warner Bros. . While there, Jennings dealt briefly with Harrison Ford and others. He was then offered a position with Progressive Artists where he met his future partner, Walter Beakel, and after one year, the two opened their own business in Beverly Hills - the Beakel & Jennings Agency. Over the next 12 years, they put together a list of some of the top actors, producers, directors, writers, athletes, comedians, and singers in the industry. Beakel & Jennings Agency was generally regarded as one of the best boutique agencies in Hollywood, with partnerships in New York, London, Paris, Rome, and Madrid. Jennings retired in 1992, and now lives in the Northwest.
Winner of 2006 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 4. Discovery Channel. Bronze for Use of Humor.
Winner of 2006 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 4. Discovery Channel. Bronze for General Excellence.
Winner of 2006 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 4. Discovery Channel. Silver for Outstanding Editing.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. 20,000 Miles on a Horse. Bronze for General Excellence in Travel and Tourism.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 102. Discovery Channel. Bronze for Use of Humor.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 101. Discovery Channel. Bronze for Use of Humor.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 101. Discovery Channel. Bronze for General Excellence.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 103. Discovery Channel. Silver for General Excellence.
Winner of 2007 Telly Award. Kustomizer - Episode 102. Discovery Channel. Silver for General Excellence.
Winner of 2008 Telly Award. The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth. The History Channel. Silver for Outstanding Editing.
Winner of 2008 Telly Award. The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth. The History Channel. Silver for Outstanding Documentary.
Winner of 2009 Telly Award. Tomb of 1000 Roman Skeletons. National Geographic. Bronze for Outstanding Documentary.
Winner of 2009 Telly Award. Call 911 - Episode 105: A Cry for Help. Investigation Discovery. Bronze for Outstanding Documentary.
Winner of 2009 Telly Award. Call 911 - Episode 104: The Glendale Shootout. Investigation Discovery. Bronze for Outstanding Documentary.
Winner of 2009 Telly Award. The Missing Years of Jesus. National Geographic. Bronze for Outstanding Editing.
Winner of 2009 Telly Award. The Missing Years of Jesus. National Geographic. Silver for Outstanding Documentary.
Clients: The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery, National Geographic.
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
(August 2005) Technician for the Arts Computation Engineering graduate program at the University of California, Irvine.
