McLoughlin, Tom 1950–

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McLoughlin, Tom 1950–

(Thomas McLoughlin)

PERSONAL

Born 1950; raised in Culver City, CA; married, wife's name Nancy (an actress), 1984; children: two. Education: Studied in Paris.

Addresses: Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Director, writer, producer, and actor. L.A. Mime Company, Los Angeles, cofounder and partner; toured as a solo performer of pantomime.

Member: Writers Guild of America.

Awards, Honors: Audience Award and nomination for Golden Star, both Marrakech International Film Festival, 2001, for The Unsaid.

CREDITS

Television Director; Movies:

Sometimes They Come Back (also known as Stephen King's "Sometimes They Come Back"), CBS, 1991.

Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story (also known as Fatal Love), ABC, 1992.

(And coproducer) Murder of Innocence, CBS, 1993.

The Yarn Princess (also known as More than a Miracle), ABC, 1994.

Leave of Absence, NBC, 1994.

Take Me Home Again, NBC, 1994.

(And producer) The Haunting of Helen Walker (also known as The Turn of the Screw), CBS, 1995.

Journey, CBS, 1995.

(And producer) A Different Kind of Christmas (also known as Santa & Me), Lifetime, 1996.

Behind the Mask, CBS, 1999.

Anya's Bell, CBS, 1999.

Murder in Greenwich (also known as Dominick Dunne Presents: Murder in Greenwich), USA Network, 2002.

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, USA Network, 2003.

She's Too Young, Lifetime, 2004.

A Very Married Christmas, CBS, 2004.

Odd Girl Out, Lifetime, 2005.

(And producer) Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, Lifetime, 2005.

(And producer) Not Like Everyone Else (also known as Not Like Everyone Else: The True Story of Brandi Blackbear), Lifetime, 2006.

Television Director; Miniseries:

In a Child's Name, CBS, 1991.

The Fire Next Time, CBS, 1993.

The Third Twin (also known as Ken Follett's "The Third Twin"), CBS, 1997.

Television Director; Episodic:

Leaving L.A., ABC, 1997.

"Theta," The Others, NBC, 2000.

"Underground Railroad," Without a Trace (also known as W.A.T.), CBS, 2003.

Also directed episodes of Any Day Now, Lifetime; Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street; The Series), syndicated; and Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse and Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated.

Television Director; Other:

Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (special), Showtime, 1989.

The Steven Banks Show (pilot), PBS, 1991.

Television Producer; Series:

Creator and supervising producer, She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990.

Creator and supervising producer, They Came from Outer Space, syndicated, 1990.

Leaving L.A., ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Jabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice through the Looking Glass), CBS, 1985.

Film Director:

One Dark Night (also known as Dark Night, Entity Force, Mausoleum, Night in the Crypt, Night of Darkness, and Rest in Peace), Comworld Pictures, 1983.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (also known as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI), Paramount, 1986.

Date with an Angel, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

The Unsaid (also known as Sins of the Father and The Ties That Bind), 2001, Harlequin Pictures, 2003.

Film Work; Other:

Coproducer, FairyTale: A True Story (also known as Fairy Tale and Illumination), Paramount, 1997.

Film Appearances:

Owlish man in church, Date with an Angel, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Church guard, Critters 2: The Main Course, New Line Cinema, 1988.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Thomas McLoughlin) One Dark Night (also known as Dark Night, Entity Force, Mausoleum, Night in the Crypt, Night of Darkness, and Rest in Peace), Comworld Pictures, 1983.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (also known as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI), Paramount, 1986, published by New American Library, 1986.

Date with an Angel, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Television Episodes:

"Go to the Head of the Class," Amazing Stories (also known as Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories"), NBC, 1986.

"Such Interesting Neighbors," Amazing Stories (also known as Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories"), NBC, 1987.

"Malibu or Bust!," They Came from Outer Space, syndicated, 1990.

Writer of episodes of Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse and Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated; She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated; also writer for Van Dyke & Company early in his career.

ADAPTATIONS

The film FairyTale: A True Story (also known as Fairy Tale and Illumination), released by Paramount in 1997, was based on a story by McLoughlin. "Go to the Head of the Class," a segment of the television series Amazing Stories, written by McLoughlin, was included in the compilation video Amazing Stories: Book Two, MCA/Universal Home Video, 1992.