
Person
Tom Stern
Directing · Born 1965-05-18
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.
Known for

2 Broke Girls
Director

The Wild Thornberrys
Writer

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Teleplay

Saul of the Mole Men
Beet God

That's My Bush!
Writer

Freaked
Man / Milkman

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Trenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited)

The Toys That Made Us
Director

An American Werewolf in Paris
Writer

The Andy Milonakis Show
Producer
Filmography
- 2025Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing ButtDirector
- 2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieTeleplay
- 2021This Is GWARSelf
- 2019AdamsDirector
- 2019Kevin Hart's Guide to Black HistorySamuel Smith
- 2018Owen Benjamin: Huge PianistExecutive Producer
- 2017The Toys That Made UsDirector
- 20112 Broke GirlsDirector
- 2011Harland Williams: A Force of NatureExecutive Producer
- 2009Alligator BootsDirector
- 2008Alligator BootsDirector
- 2007Saul of the Mole MenBeet God
- 2005The Andy Milonakis ShowProducer
- 2004Marilyn Manson: Lest We ForgetDirector
- 2003Windy City HeatYurgi
- 2003Gerhard Reinke's WanderlustCreator
- 2001That's My Bush!Writer
- 1999Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TVDirector
- 1998The Wild ThornberrysWriter
- 1997An American Werewolf in ParisWriter
- 1993FreakedMan / Milkman
- 1992Meals on WheelsVarious Characters
- 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyTrenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited)
- 1991The Idiot BoxLockjaw
- 1990Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to ComeWriter
- 1989Aisles of DoomNarrator
- 1985Squeal of DeathGumbie Weedling
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