Tom Lazarus

• Name — Tom Lazarus • Birth Name — Thomas Lewis Lazarus • Born — 5 October 1942 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, United States • Occupation — Writer, director, producer

Lazarus was born in New York City on October 5, 1942. He began working in advertising for film studios. He also designed album covers, was nominated for a Grammy, then moved into creating educational and business films. This led to a television and film career, where he has written and produced since the 1970s, including Knight Rider, War of The Worlds and Freddy's Nightmares. In 1999, he wrote Stigmata, starring Patricia Arquette as an atheist who is afflicted with the stigmata after acquiring a rosary owned by a deceased priest. Directed by Rupert Wainwright on a $29 million budget, it premièred at the box office in the #1 position, earning $18.3 million in its first weekend, and becoming the first film in five weekends to outgross The Sixth Sense at the box office. It earned $50,046,268 in the U.S. and $39,400,000 internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $89,446,268. Lazarus teaches at UCLA Extension, Writers Program.

• The American Dream (1976) • The President's Mistress (TV Movie) (1978) • Survival of Dana (TV Movie) (1979) • Just You and Me, Kid (1979) • The Ordeal of Bill Carney (TV Movie) (1981) • Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family (TV Movie) (1982) • Hear No Evil (TV Movie) (1982) • Mazes and Monsters (TV Movie) (1982) • The Awakening of Candra (TV Movie) (1983) • Centerfold (1996) • Stigmata (1999)