
Director
Tom Stern
Born 1965
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.
Directed

2 Broke Girls
Director · 2011

The Toys That Made Us
Director · 2017

Freaked
Director · 1993

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Director · 2004

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Director · 1999

Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Director · 2019

Squeal of Death
Director · 1985

Aisles of Doom
Director · 1989

The Idiot Box
Director · 1991

Saul of the Mole Men
Director · 2007

Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
Director · 1990

Adams
Director · 2019
Alligator Boots
Director · 2009

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Director · 2025

Alligator Boots
Director · 2008

Meals on Wheels
Director · 1992
Acting

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Trenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited) · 1991

Windy City Heat
Yurgi · 2003

This Is GWAR
Self · 2021

Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Samuel Smith · 2019

Squeal of Death
Gumbie Weedling · 1985

Aisles of Doom
Narrator · 1989

The Idiot Box
Lockjaw · 1991

Saul of the Mole Men
Beet God · 2007

Meals on Wheels
Various Characters · 1992
Writing

The Wild Thornberrys
Writer · 1998

An American Werewolf in Paris
Writer · 1997

Freaked
Writer · 1993

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Teleplay · 2024

That's My Bush!
Writer · 2001

Aisles of Doom
Writer · 1989

Saul of the Mole Men
Writer · 2007

Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
Writer · 1990

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Writer · 2025

Meals on Wheels
Writer · 1992