Tom Lazarus
Tom Lazarus | |
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| Born | Thomas Lewis Lazarus October 5, 1942 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director, producer |
Tom Lazarus(born 1942) is an Americanscreenwriter,director and producer. He is best known for writing the 1999 horror filmStigmata,and is the author of thescreenwritingmanuals,Secrets of Film Writing(2001, Griffin)[1]andThe Last Word: Definitive Answers to All Your Screenwriting Questions(2012, Michael Wiese Productions).[2]
He has won more than two dozen international film festival honors including Best Educational Film of the Year at the San Francisco Film Festival and a nomination for a CLIO for directing a Fair House Public Service TV spot.
Life[edit]
Lazarus was born in New York City on October 5, 1942. He began working in advertising for major film studios. He also designed album covers, was nominated for a Grammy, then moved into creating educational and business films. This led to a television and film career, where he has written and produced many shows since the 1970s, includingKnight Rider,War of The WorldsandFreddy's Nightmares.[3][4]
In 1999, he wroteStigmata,starringPatricia Arquetteas anatheistwho is afflicted with thestigmataafter acquiring arosaryowned by a deceased priest. Directed byRupert Wainwrighton a $29 million budget, it premièred at the box office in the #1 position, earning $18.3 million in its first weekend, and becoming the first film in five weekends to outgrossThe Sixth Senseat the box office. It earned $50,046,268 in the U.S. and $39,400,000 internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $89,446,268.[5]
Lazarus teaches at UCLA Extension, Writers Program.[6]
Filmography[edit]
- The American Dream(1976)
- The President's Mistress(TV Movie) (1978)
- Survival of Dana(TV Movie) (1979)
- Just You and Me, Kid(1979)
- The Ordeal of Bill Carney(TV Movie) (1981)
- Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family(TV Movie) (1982)
- Hear No Evil(TV Movie) (1982)
- Mazes and Monsters(TV Movie) (1982)
- The Awakening of Candra(TV Movie) (1983)
- Centerfold(1996)
- Stigmata(1999)
References[edit]
- ^Lazarus, Tom (2001).Secrets of Film Writing.ISBN978-0312269081.
- ^Lazarus, Tom (2012).The Last Word: Definitive Answers to All Your Screenwriting Questions.ISBN978-1615931194.
- ^"About".17 July 2012.
- ^"Tom Lazarus".IMDb.
- ^"Stigmata".Box Office Mojo.
- ^"Tom Lazarus | Writers' Program at UCLA Extension".
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