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Tomlinson Miles Holman II^[1] (born 1946) is an American film theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably Lucasfilm's THX sound system. He developed the world's first 10.2 sound system.^[2]

Early in his career, Holman developed what was known as the Holman Preamplifier for the APT Corporation, a former Massachusetts entity founded by Holman. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1968).^[3]

In 2002 he received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement.^[4] Specifically, for "the research and system integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems".

In 2007 he received the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award.^[5]

Holman taught film and television sound at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California from 1987 to 2011.

In 2011 - 2021, Softpedia reported that Apple Inc. had employed Holman, and speculated that this was to work on audio projects.^[2]

• Sound for Film and Television (2001)
• Surround Sound: Up and Running (2008)

• James A. Moorer

• Holman's current entertainment technology company
• Association for Computing Machinery Video Interviews with Tomlinson Holman
• Tomlinson Holman interviewed on the TV show Home Theatre Geeks on the TWiT.tv network

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