Tom DeSanto

Birth Name:

Tom DeSanto

Birth Place:

New Jersey, United States

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actor

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

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