Welcome — I’m Tom Petch,

Filmmaker, writer, and founder of Dark Wave Film and Salt Film — two production companies behind global campaigns and award-winning content for some of the world’s biggest brands. Before storytelling, I served in the British Army, including with the SAS. That background gives my work its edge — a focus on truth, intensity, and conflict, whether in war, politics, or advertising.

This site is a window into that world. films, scripts, campaigns — stories built to make people feel, think, and act.