TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals was a Leading Supplier of Grip, Lighting, and Electrical Equipment, Generators, and Expendables servicing the Motion Picture Industry and Commercial Field with Tom D. May as the President/Owner. Tom D. May built owned and operated TM Motion Equipment Rentals, Inc .25 years, with a long History of Success building and opening up Facilities in Burbank , Hawaii , New Orleans Louisiana , Boston , and North Carolina.

TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals was the Exclusive Supplier of Grip, Lighting, and Electrical Equipment at Studios such as LA Center Studios, Philips Stages in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Second Line Stages in New Orleans, Louisiana, supplying equipment on many feature films, television projects, including thousands of commercials and music videos all over the United States.

In January 2011, TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals, Inc was acquired by The Carlyle Group and still operated as TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals with Tom D. May as President / Head of Sales. In 2014, Tom D. May departed the newly formed MBS Equipment Company and three Years later started with Production Resource Group as a Business Development Account Executive.

After a hiatus for three years from The Motion Picture Industry, Tom D. May formed a new company TM Picture Production Services, Inc. (https://tmmotionpictures.com) The Burbank Sound Stage providing a Sound Stage In Burbank with all Production Services ready to service Commercial Productions in December 2023 Specializing In Commercials.