---
name: "Tom Bissell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-bissell"
fi1m_id: "tom-bissell"
tmdb_id: 1642951
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:13:57.128952+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."
---

# Tom Bissell

## Identity

Tom Bissell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-bissell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-bissell
- **TMDB ID:** 1642951
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642951

Writer. Born 9 January 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 January 1974
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642951

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Tom Bissell is an American journalist, critic and writer. He is the author of eleven books, including *The Disaster Artist* (2013), which was adapted into a 2017 feature film directed by James Franco. His short stories have been adapted into the films *The Loneliest Planet* (2011) and *Salt and Fire* (2016).

Bissell has written extensively for video games, including *Uncharted 4: A Thief's End* (2016), *Gears 5* (2019) and *Battlefield Hardline*. He co-created and wrote for the Apple TV+ series *The Mosquito Coast* (2021–2023) and joined the writing staff of the Disney+ series *Andor* in 2022, writing the final three episodes of its second and final season.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, starwars.fandom.com, vqronline.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), Fi1m 74, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Andor* (2022), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Writer
- *Best F(r)iends: Volume 1* (2017), as Martin
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), Book — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)
- *Salt and Fire* (2016), Short Story
- *The Loneliest Planet* (2012), Short Story
- *Masters of Doom*, series, Script, Executive Producer
- *Untiled Choose Your Own Adventure Film*, Screenplay

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