---
name: "Diane Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diane-thomas"
fi1m_id: "diane-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0858736"
tmdb_id: 57310
wikidata_id: "Q3706774"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 January 1946"
died: "21 October 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:52:46.906396+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Diane Thomas

## Identity

Diane Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diane-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diane-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0858736
- **TMDB ID:** 57310
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3706774
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858736/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57310

Writer. Born 7 January 1946 in Saulte St. Marie - Michigan - USA. Died 21 October 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 January 1946, Saulte St. Marie - Michigan - USA
- **Died:** 21 October 1985
- **Active:** 1984–1985
- **Also known as:** Diane Renee Thomas
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858736/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57310

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Romancing the Stone*](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Diane Thomas was an American screenwriter. She wrote the screenplay for the 1984 film *Romancing the Stone*, her only produced screenplay credit. The script was sold to Columbia Pictures and producer Michael Douglas for $250,000 while she was working as a waitress.

Thomas was born on 7 January 1946 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She attended the University of Southern California, worked as an advertising copywriter and studied acting. After the success of *Romancing the Stone*, she was hired by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and worked on other projects, including a draft for a third *Indiana Jones* film and an early version of *Always* (1989). She received a character credit on the 1985 sequel *The Jewel of the Nile*.

Thomas died on 21 October 1985 in a car crash near Topanga, California, aged 39.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Characters — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)
- *Game Show Models* (1977), as Josie

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 1985: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Romancing the Stone*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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