---
name: "Thomas Hedley Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-hedley-jr"
fi1m_id: "thomas-hedley-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0373320"
tmdb_id: 31113
wikidata_id: "Q3990637"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:12:56.652268+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."
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# Thomas Hedley Jr.

## Identity

Thomas Hedley Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-hedley-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-hedley-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0373320
- **TMDB ID:** 31113
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3990637
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hedley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3990637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31113

Writer. Born 1 January 1942 in Rugby.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1942, Rugby
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hedley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3990637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31113

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Flashdance*](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Thomas Hedley Jr. is a British screenwriter and magazine editor. He began his career as an editor, serving as editor-in-chief of Toronto Life and working at Esquire, where he published work by filmmakers including Federico Fellini and François Truffaut.

Hedley wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Flashdance* (1983). His other screenwriting credits include *Fighting Back* (1982), *Hard to Hold* (1984), *Circle of Two* (1981), *Mr. Patman* (1980) and *Double Negative* (1980). He later wrote the book for the stage musical adaptation of *Flashdance*, which premiered on Broadway in 2012, and served as an executive producer on the production. He has also worked as a producer on films including *Iris* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Iris* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Hard to Hold* (1984), Story, Screenplay
- *Flashdance* (1983), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *Fighting Back* (1982), Screenplay
- *Circle of Two* (1981), Writer
- *Mr. Patman* (1981), Screenplay
- *Double Negative* (1980), Adaptation, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1984: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Flashdance*

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

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