---
name: "Tom Schulman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-schulman"
fi1m_id: "tom-schulman"
imdb_id: "nm0776114"
tmdb_id: 2691
wikidata_id: "Q942506"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 October 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T23:03:49.882492+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 Schulman

## Identity

Tom Schulman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-schulman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-schulman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0776114
- **TMDB ID:** 2691
- **Wikidata ID:** Q942506
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Schulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2691

Writer. Born 20 October 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 October 1950, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1993
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (2), 1990s 50 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Schulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2691

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids*](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Tom Schulman is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in philosophy in 1972 and studied at the USC Graduate School of Cinema.

He is best known for writing the screenplay for *Dead Poets Society* (1989), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His other credits include the screenplays for *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), *What About Bob?* (1991), *Medicine Man* (1992), *Holy Man* (1998) and *Welcome to Mooseport* (2004). He also wrote and directed *8 Heads in a Duffel Bag* (1997).

Schulman served as vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Fi1m 50, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Double Down South* (2024), Director, Writer
- *Distant Tales* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Mooseport* (2004), Producer, Screenplay
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Genius* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Holy Man* (1998), Writer
- *8 Heads in a Duffel Bag* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Executive Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *Medicine Man* (1992), Screenplay, Story
- *What About Bob?* (1991), Screenplay
- *Second Sight* (1989), Writer
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md)
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *A Father's Revenge* (1988), Story
- *The Gladiator* (1986), Story, Executive Producer
- *Joy Ride: An Auto Theft* (1976), Writer, Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1990: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Dead Poets Society*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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