
Tom Stern
Biography
Tom Stern is a television writer, director and producer working in Los Angeles, California. While at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Stern began a partnership with filmmaker/actor Alex Winter which lasted eight years. After graduating in 1987, the pair moved to Venice Beach and directed IMPACT Video Magazine. Writing for the Jim Henson Hour on NBC was his first mainstream show business job. He first married filmmaker Tamara Hernandez with whom he had two kids: Tuesday and Murray Stern. In March 2015, he married architect Barbara Bestor.
Acting (6 movies)
Directing (10 movies)

Freaked
1993

Adams
2019

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025

Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
1990
Meals on Wheels
1992

Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
2019

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
1999

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
2004

Squeal of Death
1985

Aisles of Doom
1989
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Aisles of Doom | 1989 | Writer | 
| Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come | 1990 | Writer | 
| Meals on Wheels | 1992 | Writer | 
| Freaked | 1993 | Writer | 
| An American Werewolf in Paris | 1997 | Writer | 
| Harland Williams: A Force of Nature | 2011 | Executive Producer | 
| Owen Benjamin: Huge Pianist | 2018 | Executive Producer | 
| Adams | 2019 | Executive Producer | 
| Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt | 2025 | Producer | 
| Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt | 2025 | Writer | 


