Tom DeSanto

Tom DeSanto (born in New Jersey) 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.

Work

Bad Hat Harry

Apt Pupil

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.

X-Men & X2

Later, Singer would write 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.

Other Work

Since leaving the X-Men film franchise, DeSanto has written several introductions to collected comics in both hardcover and trade paperback, including Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, and Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins. Tom also worked as a producer on the fan-movie Ringers: Lord of the Fan.

DeSanto's Battlestar Galactica revival fell through after the 9/11 attacks, when scheduling delays forced Singer to concentrate on X2. In 2002, Studios USA replaced DeSanto with David Eick and Ronald D. Moore, who created the "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica. [1]

Future plans

Tom currently lives in Los Angeles, California, producing the new Transformers movie for Dreamworks and Paramount, which is in production, and set for a Summer 2007 release. This live-action version includes Steven Spielberg as an Executive Producer.

DeSanto has also begun pre-production work as a writer and producer on DC's Teen Titans: The Judas Contract which is scheduled for a 2008 release.

Trivia

• DeSanto talked Bryan Singer into directing the X-Men films after he initially rejected the offer.
• DeSanto owns over 30,000 comics.