---
name: "Tom DeSanto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-desanto"
fi1m_id: "tom-desanto"
imdb_id: "nm0220892"
tmdb_id: 10994
wikidata_id: "Q6811130"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T14:41:41.600543+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 DeSanto

## Identity

Tom DeSanto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-desanto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-desanto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0220892
- **TMDB ID:** 10994
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6811130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeSanto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10994

Producer. Born 1 January 1968 in Iselin.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, Iselin
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 9 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Bay](https://film.one/person/michael-bay.md), [Don Murphy](https://film.one/person/don-murphy.md), [Lorenzo di Bonaventura](https://film.one/person/lorenzo-di-bonaventura.md), [Peter Cullen](https://film.one/person/peter-cullen.md), [Alex Kurtzman](https://film.one/person/alex-kurtzman.md), [Ehren Kruger](https://film.one/person/ehren-kruger.md), [Hugo Weaving](https://film.one/person/hugo-weaving.md), [Megan Fox](https://film.one/person/megan-fox.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (4), 2010s 49 (4), 2020s 61 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 55 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 9, Science Fiction 9, Action 8, Animation 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,827m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeSanto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10994

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Transformers One*](https://film.one/film/transformers-one.md) (70), [*Transformers*](https://film.one/film/transformers.md) (57), [*Transformers: Age of Extinction*](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md) (38)
- **Paramount+:** [*Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen*](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md) (34)

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

## Biography

Tom DeSanto is an American film producer and screenwriter. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1990 after attending Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, New Jersey.

DeSanto began his career as co-producer on *Apt Pupil* (1998) and worked with director Bryan Singer on the *X-Men* films, receiving story credit and serving as executive producer on *X-Men* (2000) and executive producer on *X2* (2003). He originated the live-action *Transformers* film series, producing *Transformers* (2007) and its sequels including *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), *Bumblebee* (2018), *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023) and *Transformers One* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (1)

- *X-Men* (2000), Fi1m 67, as Toad Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men.md)

### Produced (9) — the average rests on these

- *Transformers One* (2024), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-one.md)
- *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), Fi1m 52, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md)
- *Bumblebee* (2018), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bumblebee.md)
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Fi1m 34, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Fi1m 46, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Fi1m 34, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)
- *Transformers* (2007), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *X2* (2003), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/x2.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Transformers One* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-one.md)
- *Iconic* (2024), Actor
- *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md)
- *Bumblebee* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bumblebee.md)
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *Crisis: New York Under Water* (2009), Director
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)
- *Transformers* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *Ringers: Lord of the Fans* (2005), Executive Producer
- *X2* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/x2.md)
- *X-Men: Premieres Around the World* (2003), Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Evolution X - The Making of X-Men* (2003), as Camera Operator
- *X-Men* (2000), as Toad Cop · Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men.md)
- *Apt Pupil* (1998), Co-Producer
- *Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie*, Producer
- *Unmerciful Good Fortune*, Producer
- *Untitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Continuation*, Producer

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