Tom Schulman

Schulman began his career working in industrial films. His first Hollywood credit was as one of the executive producer of the TV-movie "Gladiator"(ABC, 1986), in which Ken Wahl becomes a highway vigilante. Schulman's first produced writing credit was as story contributor on the ABC TV-movie "A Father's Revenge" (1988), in which Brian Dennehy goes after the terrorists who kidnapped his daughter.Among Schulman's other big screen credits are the comedy "What About Bob?" (1989), with Bill Murray as the psychiatric patient from hell, and "Medicine Man" (1992), co-written with Sally Robinson, with Sean Connery as a researcher in the Amazon seeking a rare plant that can cure cancer. Additionally, Schulman was executive producer of "Indecent Proposal" (1993), the Robert Redford vehicle about a millionaire who offers a man money to sleep with his wife.Schulman, who directed a critically acclaimed Actors and Directors Lab West Coast stage production of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker," made his feature directing debut with the black comedy "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag" (1997), which he also scripted.