---
name: "Tom Wheeler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-wheeler"
fi1m_id: "tom-wheeler"
imdb_id: "nm1117226"
tmdb_id: 936668
wikidata_id: "Q7818026"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-05T12:12:46.205264+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 Wheeler

## Identity

Tom Wheeler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-wheeler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-wheeler
- **IMDb ID:** nm1117226
- **TMDB ID:** 936668
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7818026
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wheeler_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7818026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1117226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936668

Writer. Born in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Thomas Wheeler
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wheeler_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7818026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1117226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936668

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Puss in Boots*](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Tom Wheeler is an American writer for film and television. He wrote the screenplay and co-wrote the story for the DreamWorks Animation film *Puss in Boots* (2011). He later contributed the story for its sequel *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022).

Wheeler's other film credits include the story for *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019) and the screenplay and story for *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017). In television, he created and served as executive producer and showrunner on the NBC series *The Cape* (2011). He created the Netflix series *Cursed* (2020), based on his book written with Frank Miller.

Earlier in his career he wrote episodes of *Surface* (2005, as Thomas Wheeler) and the ABC miniseries *Empire* (2005).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Puss in Boots* (2011), Fi1m 66, as Bartender / Mean Boy / Wagon Driver / Hotel Owner / Rodrigo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), Story
- *Cursed* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Book, Teleplay, Creator
- *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019), Story
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), as Additional Voices (voice) · Screenplay, Story
- *Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos* (2012), Screenplay
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), as Bartender / Mean Boy / Wagon Driver / Hotel Owner / Rodrigo (voice) · Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)
- *The Cape* (2011), series, Writer, Creator
- *Surface* (2005), series, Writer
- *Empire* (2005), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *John Henry and the Statesmen*, Screenplay
- *Untitled Conspiracy Thriller Film*, Writer, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Locus Award for Best First Novel 2005: Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominated), for *The Arcanum*

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

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