---
name: "Tom Schiller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-schiller"
fi1m_id: "tom-schiller"
imdb_id: "nm0771680"
tmdb_id: 1267196
wikidata_id: "Q7817489"
roles: []
born: "12 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:58:35.838778+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 Schiller

## Identity

Tom Schiller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-schiller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-schiller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0771680
- **TMDB ID:** 1267196
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7817489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Schiller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267196

Director. Born 12 April 1949 in United States.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 April 1949, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Schiller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267196

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Lorne*](https://film.one/film/lorne.md) (58)

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## Biography

Tom Schiller is an American writer and director. Born on 12 April 1949 in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of television comedy writer Bob Schiller.

He joined the writing staff of *Saturday Night Live* for its 1975 debut and contributed across multiple seasons through 1990, writing and directing short films featured in segments known as "Schiller's Reel". He directed the feature film *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984).

Schiller appeared as himself in the 2026 documentary *Lorne*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lorne* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/lorne.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Gold and Mud* (2023), Actor
- *Observatory Blues* (2017), as Fernando
- *Ghost Team* (2016), as Mitch
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman* (1998), Director
- *Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary* (1989), Writer
- *Flapjack Floozie* (1988), Director, Writer
- *From Here to Maternity* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Perfect* (1985), as Carly Simon's Friend
- *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984), Writer, Director
- *Perchance to Dream* (1979), Director
- *Java Junkie* (1979), Writer, Director
- *Henry Miller Asleep & Awake* (1975), Director, Writer

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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-schiller