Tom DeSanto (born 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter. DeSanto is best known for his work with long time friend Bryan Singer, especially with his contributions to the first two X-Men movies.
DeSanto graduated from Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, New Jersey in 1986. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1990.
During his first years in the film industry, Tom met and befriended Bryan Singer, who got Tom a production positi...
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Tom DeSanto (born 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter. DeSanto is best known for his work with long time friend Bryan Singer, especially with his contributions to the first two X-Men movies.
DeSanto graduated from Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, New Jersey in 1986. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1990.
During his first years in the film industry, Tom met and befriended Bryan Singer, who got Tom a production position with his company, Bad Hat Harry, working on his movie Apt Pupil, followed by a partnered attempt to revive Battlestar Galactica.
Later, Singer would co-write the movie X-Men with DeSanto and a few others before signing on as director, using most of DeSanto's original story. DeSanto is credited for the screen story, as an executive producer, and for a short cameo role as the police officer on Ellis Island who is squashed by Toad.
Tom also worked as an executive producer on X2: X-Men United.
Tom wrote the treatment for and produced the new...
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