---
name: "Tom Jankiewicz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-jankiewicz"
fi1m_id: "tom-jankiewicz"
imdb_id: "nm0417716"
tmdb_id: 58295
wikidata_id: "Q7816319"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 September 1963"
died: "23 January 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:18:06.644264+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 Jankiewicz

## Identity

Tom Jankiewicz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-jankiewicz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-jankiewicz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0417716
- **TMDB ID:** 58295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7816319
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jankiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7816319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58295

Writer. Born 8 September 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 23 January 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 September 1963, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 23 January 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jankiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7816319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58295

## Biography

Tom Jankiewicz was an American screenwriter. He received sole story credit and shared screenplay credit on the 1997 film *Grosse Pointe Blank*, directed by George Armitage and starring John Cusack.

Jankiewicz wrote the initial script in 1991 after receiving an invitation to his tenth high school reunion. Before the film was produced, he worked as a substitute teacher and a cashier at a Big Lots store in Upland, California. He also worked as an advertising copywriter and script doctor.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jankiewicz graduated from Bishop Foley Catholic High School in 1981. He died on 23 January 2013.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Fi1m 55, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)

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