American Peshmerga Documentary

Otherwise known to his colleagues as "Mr. Grim," Lyle Thomas has held a variety of jobs during his life. Though he is a man of few words, each one is filled with hair-raising exploits reminiscent of a real-life action hero. From his tenure as a repo agent in Boston to high-stakes security work across the globe, every chapter of Lyle’s life and career is nothing short of an exhilarating thrill ride that feels like a tale straight out of a movie.  

In 2015, Lyle found himself dug in fighting the battle against ISIS with the Peshmerga, otherwise known as the military force of Kurdistan, the soldiers spearheading the fight against terrorism on their own soil. During Lyle's tour in Kurdistan, harrowing battles were fought, friends were made -- and lost -- and a lifetime's worth of stories had been accumulated by him on the frontlines, including the moment he was given the honor of being the first-ever American Peshmerga.

Upon his return to Boston, after thirty years of shootouts, close calls, and exciting tales of intrigue and suspense, Lyle slowed things down and decided to document his life's adventures, compiling countless pages of stories that read like a nail-biting thriller.

During Lyle's circulation of his manuscript, it caught the attention of myself, a freelance author in California, and a filmmaker in Boston. Needless to say, we desperately wanted to tell his story to the rest of the world.

Not long ago work began on a documentary series that chronicles Lyle's life entitled "American Peshmerga," as well as an expansive and in-depth companion piece novel called "The Confidential Files of Mr. Grim."

Along with the trailer and a soon to be completed manuscript, Lyle Thomas, his author, and his director are looking for YOUR help to get it to the final stages. A script has been written for our short film, and like any good movie, it requires time to make -- as well as a budget.

This is where you guys come in! This is a passion project for all of us involved. For us, Lyle's life story is not only an adrenaline-pumping thrill ride, but one that reflects the core values in life that all of us can embrace: love, honor, duty, and dedication. This project is an immense undertaking, and we want to raise funds to tell his story to a larger audience to give it the right authenticity and justice that a story of this scope deserves. 

We've given everything to this project, but now we need that extra push from you to make it happen! The funds we raise here will go to pay our actors, our crew, and all of those involved that are working hard to bring Lyle's story to life, and all of you that donate will be able to take a role in the final product!

We thank all of you that can give anything, and we looked forward to showing you the completed project.