---
name: "Tom Epperson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-epperson"
fi1m_id: "tom-epperson"
imdb_id: "nm0258370"
tmdb_id: 21061
wikidata_id: "Q3530717"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:55:02.544515+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 Epperson

## Identity

Tom Epperson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-epperson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-epperson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258370
- **TMDB ID:** 21061
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3530717
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Epperson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3530717, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21061

Writer. Born 1 January 1951 in Nashville, Arkansas.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1951, Nashville, Arkansas
- **Also known as:** Nigel Dial , Tom Epper 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Epperson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3530717, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21061

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*One False Move*](https://film.one/film/one-false-move.md) (86)

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## Biography

Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist. Born in 1951 in Nashville, Arkansas, he grew up in Malvern and studied English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville before moving to Los Angeles with childhood friend Billy Bob Thornton.

Epperson is best known for his screenwriting collaborations with Thornton, including *One False Move* (1992), *A Family Thing* (1996), *The Gift* (2000) and *Jayne Mansfield's Car* (2012). He also wrote *Camouflage* (2001) under the name Nigel Dial. His novels include the Edgar Award-nominated *The Kind One* (2008) and *Sailor* (2012). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife Stefani Ames.

*Sources: encyclopediaofarkansas.net, en.wikipedia.org, tomepperson.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *One False Move* (1992), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/one-false-move.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Jayne Mansfield's Car* (2013), Screenplay
- *Jesse Stone: Night Passage* (2006), Teleplay
- *Camouflage* (2001), Story, Screenplay
- *The Gift* (2000), Screenplay
- *A Gun, a Car, a Blonde* (1997), Producer, Writer
- *Don't Look Back* (1996), Writer, Story, Co-Executive Producer
- *A Family Thing* (1996), Writer
- *One False Move* (1992), Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-false-move.md)

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