Thom Filicia
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Thom Filicia | |
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| Alma mater | Syracuse University (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | TV host, interior designer |
| Website | www |
Thom Filicia is an American interior designer,[1] known for his role as an interior design expert on the American television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He is also a co-author of a book based on the show.
Biography
[edit]Filicia grew up in the greater Syracuse area, and graduated from Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York. Filicia graduated from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design.[2][3]
Filicia began his career at renowned design firms Parish-Hadley, Robert Metzger, and Bilhuber & Associates. He is the founder and chief creative officer of New York City-based design firm, Thom Filicia, Inc., founded in 1998.[2] Filicia's design portfolio includes various projects such as the VIP Suite for the USA Pavilion at the World's Fair in Aichi, Japan, an eco-friendly apartment for Riverhouse, Manhattan's first premium (LEED certified) "green" luxury condominium tower, and designing the holiday decoration installation with American Christmas for the Radio City Music Hall.
Filicia got cast as the interior design expert in the Emmy Award-winning show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Filicia has also hosted several shows for the Style Network, including Dress My Nest and Tacky House.
He was a guest judge on HGTV's The White Room Challenge.[4]
In 2022, he was a contestant on the second season of RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race as Drag Queen "Jackie Would" and made it through 3 weeks before being eliminated in a lip sync to Donna Bellissima.
In 2023, Filicia was a guest celebrity judge and performed Jackie Would in the episode of the eighth season titled Carson Kressley, This Is Your Gay Life of the American reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars aired on Paramount+ and WOW Presents Plus.[5]
Books
[edit]Filicia is the author of Thom Filicia Style published in 2008 by Atria/Simon & Schuster, and is a contributing author of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy: The Fab 5 Guide To Living Better. His American Beauty: Renovating and Decorating a Beloved Retreat was published in 2012 by Clarkson Potter Publishers.
Awards
[edit]- Queer Eye won an Emmy in 2004 for Outstanding Reality Program, and received a nomination again in the same category in 2005.
- In 2011 he was named as one of Elle Decor's top 25 A-List Designers, in 2006 he was chosen as one of House Beautiful's Top 100 American Designers and House & Garden's Top 50 "Tastemakers".
References
[edit]- ^ "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: Bravo Fab Five Say Goodbye", TVSeriesFinale.com, 18 January 2012, retrieved 8 March 2012
- ^ a b Homan Rodoski, Kelly (October 21, 2020). "Alumnus Thom Filicia '93 Is the Next Guest of the University Lectures Series". SU News. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Cox, Jay; Marc, David; Xu, Yuhan; Rhodes, Nancy; Yackel, Christine (1 April 2012). "Orange Matters". Syracuse University Magazine. 29 (1): 9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "David Bromstad to Host HGTV's White Room Challenge" (Press release). Scripps Networks Interactive. March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ "Thom Filicia on Drag Race All Stars 8 has 'hit silver fox status' say fans". Realitytitbit.com. July 1, 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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- Living people
- Nottingham High School (New York) alumni
- American interior designers
- American television personalities
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- American LGBTQ broadcasters
- LGBTQ people from New York (state)
- Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts alumni
- Artists from Syracuse, New York
- Television personalities from Syracuse, New York
- American chief executives