---
name: "Tom Saunders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-saunders"
fi1m_id: "tom-saunders"
imdb_id: "nm0766982"
tmdb_id: 1237325
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:41:04.607751+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 Saunders

## Identity

Tom Saunders

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-saunders
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-saunders
- **IMDb ID:** nm0766982
- **TMDB ID:** 1237325
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237325

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237325

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Tom Saunders is a television producer and writer. He has worked as a writer on series including *Just Shoot Me!* (1997) and *Arrested Development* (2003), on which he also served as co-executive producer for the third season and appeared as the character Tom in three episodes.

His other producing credits include *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), *NewsRadio* (1995), *The O'Keefes* (2003) and *Raising Expectations* (2016–2019), the latter of which he created. Saunders received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series as co-executive producer on *Arrested Development* in 2006.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Raising Expectations* (2016), series, Creator
- *Bright Day* (2012), as Tom
- *Dan Vs.* (2011), series, Writer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Tom · Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *My Big Fat Greek Life* (2003), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, Writer

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