---
name: "Tom Jacobson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-jacobson"
fi1m_id: "tom-jacobson"
imdb_id: "nm0414930"
tmdb_id: 45861
wikidata_id: "Q10382979"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T18:47:46.316589+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 Jacobson

## Identity

Tom Jacobson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-jacobson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-jacobson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0414930
- **TMDB ID:** 45861
- **Wikidata ID:** Q10382979
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10382979, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45861

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1983–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (3), 2000s 50 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 53 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $403m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10382979, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45861

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Ferris Bueller's Day Off*](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Tom Jacobson is an American film producer and former studio executive. He began his career at Roger Corman's New World Pictures, advancing from location scout to unit production manager on films including *Piranha* (1978). He later served as associate producer and unit production manager on *Flashdance* (1983) and *Explorers* (1985). His first credit as producer was on John Hughes's *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986).

Jacobson produced several further Hughes films, including *Uncle Buck* (1989) and *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (1989). Other producing credits include *The Ladykillers* (2004), *Mission to Mars* (2000) and *Mighty Joe Young* (1998). He held senior executive positions at Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, supervising numerous productions. He has also taught as an adjunct assistant professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinema.usc.edu, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mission to Mars* (2000), Fi1m 50, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-to-mars.md)
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Fi1m 76, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Proof* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), Producer
- *Miss March* (2009), Producer
- *Unstoppable* (2004), Producer
- *The Ladykillers* (2004), Producer
- *Big Trouble* (2002), Producer
- *The Luck of the Irish* (2001), as O'Malley
- *Mission to Mars* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-to-mars.md)
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), Producer
- *SLC Punk* (1998), as Liquor Store Fellow
- *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (1989), Producer
- *Uncle Buck* (1989), Producer
- *The Great Outdoors* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Burglar* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *Explorers* (1985), Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Thief of Hearts* (1984), Associate Producer
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Associate Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *Cat People* (1982), Unit Production Manager
- *St. Helens* (1982), Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Alligator* (1980), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *The Great American Girl Robbery* (1979), Second Assistant Director
- *Piranha* (1978), Production Manager
- *Deathsport* (1978), Assistant Director

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