Tom Baum

Tom Baum (born 1940 in New York) is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. A graduate of Harvard, where he majored in math, he's best known for writing The Sender and Carny, both of which he wrote directly (as Thomas Baum) for the screen. He lives in Los Angeles with his producer wife, Carol Baum. He has two sons, Will Baum and Henry Baum, and three grandchildren.

Awards and nominations[]

Baum has been nominated for several cable awards as a writer and director on The Hitchhiker (HBO)
Writers Guild Best TV Movie award for Witness to the Execution
Writers Guild Paul Selvin award for Witness to the Execution
Won L.A.'s Eclectic Theatre Company Hurricane Season One-Act Festival for "The Out of Body Treatment for Marital Dysfunction"
Out of the Box Award in a St. Croix, Wisconsin, Festival Theatre Festival
Best Production in N.Y.'s End Time Theatre festival for "Epicenter"
People Magazine's "Beach Book of the Week" for "Out of Body"

Movie Credits[]

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Die with Me (2001)
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (TV miniseries) (1999)
Shattered Mind (TV Movie)(1996)
Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty (TV Movie) (1995)
Witness to the Execution (TV Movie)(1994)
Nightmare Cafe (4 episodes, 1992)
- "Aliens Ate My Lunch" (1992)
- "Sanctuary for a Child" (1992)
- "The Heart of the Mystery" (1992)
- "Dying Well Is the Best Revenge" (1992)
Night Visions (TV Movie)(1990)
War of the Worlds (TV series) (story - 1 episode)
No Direction Home (1989)
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (TV Movie 1989)
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) (written by - 3 episodes, 1987) (teleplay - 3 episodes, 1985 - 1986) (story - 1 episode, 1986)
- "Made for Each Other" (1987)
- "Doctor's Orders" (1987)
- "Minuteman" (1987)
- "The Curse" (1986)
- "Ghostwriter" (1986)
- "WGOD" (1986)
The Manhattan Project (1986)
Secret Weapons (TV Movie) (1985)
The Sender (1982)
Carny (1980)
Simon (1980)
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) (screenplay - 1 episode, 1977) (screenwriter - 1 episode, 1976) (writer - 1 episode, 1976)
- "The Horrible Honchos" (1977)
- "P.J. and the President's Son" (1976)
- "The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon" (1976)

Books[]

Hugo the Hippo ISBN 978-0-515-04188-0
It Looks Alive To Me! ISBN 0060204044
Out Of Body ISBN 978-0-312-15620-6
The Sender ISBN 978-84-947548-7-6
We Remember Everything ISBN 978-84-946149-3-4
Counterparts (Dial Press,1970)

Short Stories[]

Lost and Found (Playboy. Best SF 1974)
Backward, Turn Backward (Playboy. Best Short Stories 1972)
On Location (Playboy)
The Big Pieces (Playboy)
The Farabi Connection (Playgirl)
The Rebirth of Yost (Playboy)
A Friend in Need (Transatlantic Review)

Short Films[]

Co-directed with Dennis Lo

Kansas City Gork
Come Dance With Me
The Catman's Primal Scene

Produced Plays[]

Wonk Love
The Great Outdoors
Ashley Saves the World
Taps for Paps
SchadenFriday
The Out of Body Treatment for Marital Dysfunction
Don't Empty the Frog (We Are Not Alone)
Human Services
Front Door Open
Epicenter
Endangered Species
Dork Love
Breach
Shock Therapy
Toby 24/7 Gets Lucky
Free Pass
Frenemies
Last One Under
Kalifa Reports for Treatment
Sperm

Miscellaneous[]

Tom Baum was a columnist for Filmmaking Review, and columnist and puzzlemaster for the Innuendo, a Los Angeles free paper. He taught screenwriting at UCLA and USC.