---
name: "Tom Powers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-powers-1096803"
fi1m_id: "tom-powers-1096803"
imdb_id: "nm1547583"
tmdb_id: 1096803
wikidata_id: "Q137260586"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:23:52.232965+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 Powers

## Identity

Tom Powers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-powers-1096803
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-powers-1096803
- **IMDb ID:** nm1547583
- **TMDB ID:** 1096803
- **Wikidata ID:** Q137260586
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137260586, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1547583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096803

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137260586, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1547583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096803

## Biography

Tom Powers is a Canadian producer, writer and entertainment executive. He is a founding partner of the Toronto-based production company Open Door Co., which he established in 2005 after a decade as a corporate lawyer and subsequent work as in-house counsel for an entertainment production company.

Powers has produced multiple prime-time television series and feature documentaries. His credits include the 2025 documentary *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...*, on which he served as producer; the series *Political Blind Date*, which he created; and the documentary *Pure Intentions*, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He is a Canadian Screen Award nominee.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)
- *Pure Intentions* (2011), Writer
- *The Basilisk* (1914), Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tom-powers-1096803