Tom Schulman

Thomas H. Schulman (born October 20, 1951) is an American screenwriter best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay Dead Poets Society. The film won the Best Screenplay Academy Award in 1989, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (Peter Weir).[1]

Tom Schulman
Born
Thomas H. Schulman

(1951-10-20) October 20, 1951
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter, film director

Schulman earned a BA in philosophy from his hometown university, Vanderbilt.

Though Schulman had already written a number of telemovies, Dead Poets Society was his first movie script to reach the screen. He was hired to rewrite the hit movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids shortly before the film was due to begin shooting; Schulman had just seven days to turn it from a drama into a comedy.[2]

Other scripts written or co-written by Schulman include comedies Welcome to Mooseport, What About Bob?, Second Sight (which Schulman sold the same day as Dead Poets Society) and Holy Man, which stars Eddie Murphy. The Sean Connery drama Medicine Man, originally entitled The Stand,[1] proved a critical failure. Schulman executive produced the movie Indecent Proposal.

Schulman's only film as director to date is 1997 black comedy 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, which stars Joe Pesci as a gangster attempting to transport a bag of severed heads across the United States.

In 2009, Schulman was elected vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West.[3]

Schulman lives in Los Angeles with his wife, attorney Karen Gaul Schulman.

References
  1. J. Easton, Nina (August 10, 1990). "Cinergi OKs $2.5 Million for Script to 'The Stand'". The Los Angeles Times.
  2. McCurrie, Tom (March 15, 2004). "Dead Poets Society's Tom Schulman on the Art of Surviving Hollywood". Writersupercenter.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  3. Writers Guild of America, September 18, 2009, Writers Guild of America, West Announces Final Results of 2009 Officers and Board of Directors Election Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine


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