Known for Directing
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.
Born
May 18, 1965 (age 61)
Filmography
32 films, 15 shows


Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026 · 1h 46m · US
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.


Adams
2019 · 20m · US
One of the first film adaptations of Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders' work, this examination of white male rage against " the other' tells the story of Roger (Patton Oswalt) and Adams (Fred Armisen), two neighbors locked in an escalating conflict.


Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
2019 · 1h 3m
Kevin Hart highlights the fascinating contributions of black history's unsung heroes in this entertaining -- and educational -- comedy special.


Alligator Boots
2008 · 15m
Alligator Boots was a pilot episode for a puppet-based variety show, similar to The Muppet Show, created by Ye in collaboration with Rhymefest and the creators of Crank Yankers - Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Daniel Kellison. The show was developed for Comedy Central, but since they did not pick up the series, the pilot never officially aired.


Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
2004 · 1h 41m
A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.


Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
1999 · 45m
God Is in the T.V. is the second video album by Marilyn Manson. It features all 13 music videos Marilyn Manson spawned between July 1994 and November 1999, as well as uncensored bonus footage from the production of "The Dope Show" music video and nearly an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock Is Dead tour.


Freaked
1993 · 1h 20m · US
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.


Meals on Wheels
1992 · 5m
Made for Playboy's "Inside Out" TV show, the short follows an eccentric dweeb who, after noticing an attractive woman sucking on a popsicle, tries following her. However tragedy keeps befalling him at every turn, leading to many wacky situations as he pursues the lady.


Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
1990 · 4m
Made for CBS' "Save The Planet" Earth Day Special. Howie, having been confronted about his polluting ways, is visited later that night in his dreams by the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come. He is then taken through time to see what havoc man wrought upon the world.


Aisles of Doom
1989 · 6m
In a town, there's a shop called the Plaza Discount Center, featuring toys of all kinds. It should be a place children love, and it would be save for its shopkeeper, Grendel T.W. Ulcerous. He's evil, but only the children know it, and no one listens to them. We watch what Grendel does to a couple of them. Then, one day, a stranger in a yellow rain slicker comes to town. A confrontation follows. Is it the end of Grendel?


Squeal of Death
1985 · 16m · US
Absurd slapstick cartoon-like comedy about Howie, a scrawny kid pushed around by his slob dad and everyone else. He loves cinema and becomes obsessed with a gangster film. This pushes him over the edge into the life of crime. Or does it?