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name: "Tom Luddy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-luddy"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "4 June 1943"
died: "13 February 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:09:18.994402+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."
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# Tom Luddy

Producer. Born 4 June 1943 in New York City. Died 13 February 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 4 June 1943, New York City
- **Died:** 13 February 2023

## Biography

Tom Luddy (1943–2023) was an American film producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival. Born in New York City, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and later worked as a programmer and curator at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and other Bay Area venues.

He maintained a long association with Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope, serving as director of special projects and producing or executive producing films including *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), *Barfly* (1987), *Wind* (1992) and *The Secret Garden* (1993). Luddy was married to Monique Montgomery and died in Berkeley, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)

## Also known for

- *The Secret Garden* (1993), Producer
- *Barfly* (1987), Producer
- *Powaqqatsi* (1988), Associate Producer
- *Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe* (1988), Associate Producer
- *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Wind* (1992), Producer

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