Omar Parker
Omar Parker (born November 3, 1997), also known as Tumbleweed, is an American film producer and internet personality. Best known for his comedy shorts on Tiktok, Parker began producing in 2015 when he was just 17 years old.
Early life
Omar Parker was born in San Diego, Califorina on November 3, 1997. He is of Lebanese and Irish descent and is an only child. His father, George, was a web designer. His mother Ghida attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
Parker attended Montana State University from 2015-2019, graduating with honors.
Producing career
While in college Parker co-founded Egerton Crescent Productions with Charles Burt his producing partner. The duo began producing short films like El Eden, Damiana, Salta, Ultraviolet, and Mud which would garner international attention on the festival circiut. Eventually they moved onto feature films, creating high festival art films like Luz, and B-movie films like Arena Wars, Bermuda Island, and Devil Knight.
In early 2020, Parker announced Captain's Log. A YouTube series centered around the fandom of Star Trek. The brand garnered over 200,000 followers and gave Parker a Silver Play Button. He also worked at TBNR for Preston Arsement as a producer. By his own admission Parker learned a lot about how digital content functions from Arsement.
Parker also started the Tumbleweed Tiktok brand in 2023, based off his long time gamertag. The page grew 250,000 followers in the first 4 months.
Personal life
Parker proposed to his college sweetheart, Bridgett Parker in 2021 at the Dallas Reunion tower. He was aided by many celebrities including Jon Taffer, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, James Cosmo, and Heidi Wattney. They were married in San Antonio in May of 2022. The couple met in a television production class. Parker was the teaching assistant. Chart House in the Tower of the America's hosted the reception, where it was proported the group went through 120 bottles of wine in a single evening.
He has been diagnosted with ADHD. Parker is a fan of the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2015 | Puppetmania (short film) | Producer, director, writer |
2016 | Eden (short film) | Executive producer |
Raw Sauce (short film) | Producer, director, writer | |
Jungle Jon (short film) | ||
2017 | Salta (short film) | Associate producer |
Only Lonely (short film) | Executive producer | |
The Last Cross (short film) | ||
The Windigo (short film) | ||
It's Not Me, It's You (short film) | ||
Needle Pulling Thread (short film) | ||
Spaces Babes From Outer Space | Associate producer | |
Damiana (short film) | Executive producer | |
Temp-to-Perm (short film) | ||
Sleep (short film) | Producer | |
Onset (short film) | Associate producer | |
2018 | Ultraviolet (short film) | Executive producer |
Mud (short film) | ||
Mrs. Claus | Co-producer | |
The Burying Party | ||
Okhti (short film) | Producer, director, writer | |
The Meridian Contact (short film) | Associate producer | |
2019 | For Hemingway (short film) | |
A Shaming (short film) | Executive producer | |
Luz: The Flower of Evil | ||
It's Own Reward (short film) | Producer, director, writer | |
Philnominal (short film) | Executive producer | |
2020 | The Girl, The Hunter, & the Firefly | Executive producer |
2022 | The Sun's Tear | Executive producer |
Death Count | Associate producer | |
Bridge of the Doomed | ||
Night of the Tommyknockers | ||
2023 | Bermuda Island | Executive producer |
Dr. Gift | Associate producer | |
2024 | Camp Pleasant Lake | Executive producer |
Devil Knight | ||
Arena Wars |
References
IMDB [1] TIKTOK [2] Madison graph [3] culturebuzz.net [4] Hudson weekly [5] Mubi [6] unionofexcellence [7] Hudson weekly [8] Montana [9] Dailysiliconvalley [10] The Numbers [11] Bridge of the Doomed [12] Tommyknockers [13] The Burying Party [14] Devil's Knight [15] Arena Wars [16] Camp Pleasant Lake [17] Dr. Gift [18] Bermuda Island [19] Captain's Log [20] The Sun's Tear [21] Viral Vignettes [22] The Girl, the Hunter & the Firefly [23] Kiwi Cruisette & the Search for the American Dream [24] Philnomenal [25] Its Own Reward [26] Luz: The Flower of Evil [27] A Shaming [28] For Hemingway [29] The Meridian Contact [30] Okhti [31] Mrs. Claus [32] Mud [33] Ultraviolet [34] Onset [35] Sleep [36]