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8
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Regular directing credits.
Director
Tom Stern
Directing
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 3All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 568711
IMDb ID: nm0827868
Known for: Directing
Born: May 18, 1965
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2025
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q7817690
Also known as
Jason Truitt • Tom J. Stern • Tom Jason Stern • Thomas Stern • Thomas Jason Stern
Frequent jobs
Director (8)Writer (6)Executive Producer (3)Producer (2)Creator (1)Editor (1)Teleplay (1)
Biography
Tom Stern is a television writer, director and producer working in Los Angeles, California. While at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Stern began a partnership with filmmaker/actor Alex Winter which lasted eight years. After graduating in 1987, the pair moved to Venice Beach and directed IMPACT Video Magazine. Writing for the Jim Henson Hour on NBC was his first mainstream show business job. He first married filmmaker Tamara Hernandez with whom he had two kids: Tuesday and Murray Stern. In March 2015, he married architect Barbara Bestor.
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Highest rated series linked with Tom Stern.
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6.1
Freaked
Director
1993 Movie
6.0
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Teleplay
2024 Movie
3.5
Adams
Editor
2019 Movie
6.3
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Trenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited)
1991 Movie
5.9
An American Werewolf in Paris
Writer
1997 Movie
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Producer
2025 Movie
6.9
This Is GWAR
as Self
2021 Movie
7.2
Windy City Heat
as Yurgi
2003 Movie
8.9
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Director
1999 Movie
5.4
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Director
2019 Movie
8.7
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Director
2004 Movie
Meals on Wheels
Writer
1992 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tom Stern.
7.2
2 Broke Girls
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
Writer • 2 eps
1998 Series
7.5
The Toys That Made Us
Executive Producer • 12 eps
2017 Series
8.2
The Andy Milonakis Show
Producer • 22 eps
2005 Series
6.6
That's My Bush!
Writer • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.2
Saul of the Mole Men
Director • 8 eps
2007 Series
Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
Creator
2003 Series
6.5
The Idiot Box
Director • 7 eps
1991 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tom Stern.
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Producer
2025 Movie
6.0
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Teleplay
2024 Movie
3.5
Adams
Editor
2019 Movie
4.5
Owen Benjamin: Huge Pianist
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
6.0
Harland Williams: A Force of Nature
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
5.9
An American Werewolf in Paris
Writer
1997 Movie
Meals on Wheels
Writer
1992 Movie
6.0
Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
Writer
1990 Movie
6.0
Aisles of Doom
Writer
1989 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tom Stern.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tom Stern.
6.9
This Is GWAR
as Self
2021 Movie
5.4
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
as Samuel Smith
2019 Movie
7.2
Windy City Heat
as Yurgi
2003 Movie
Meals on Wheels
as Various Characters
1992 Movie
6.3
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Trenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited)
1991 Movie
6.0
Aisles of Doom
as Narrator
1989 Movie
6.7
Squeal of Death
as Gumbie Weedling
1985 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tom Stern.