Tom DeSanto Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Rutgers University in 1990 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Media and studied Film at New York University and the University of Southern California
• Met director Bryan Singer in 1995 and the two became friends, going on to make the "X-Men" films together
• His first Hollywood job was at NBC, analyzing movie-of-the-week scripts
• Quote: "I think animation or comic books are a petri dish and if your story-telling is good, and you have characters you care about, then that for me is the key to a franchise․ Great stories know no borders․"
• Quote: "(On turning down a big promotion at J․C․ Penney Co․ in his early years): "I would have ended up 75 years old with a nice bank account but a failure because I hadn't done what I wanted to do․""
• Best known for his production work in the "X-Men" and "Transformers" franchises
• Launched the production company New Myth Entertainment in 2013 with David Ranes, Grace Roeder Oppenheimer, and Wayne Duband
• Tends to revive dormant franchises and make them viable for wider audiences, which he did with "X-Men," "Transformers," and the "Battlestar Galactica" film
• Had a cameo in "X-Men" as one of the guards on Ellis Island