Tom Musca
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Tom Musca
Tom Musca[1] [2](born 1951) is an American filmmaker, who first came to attention as the writer and producer of Stand and Deliver in 1988.[3] The film's star, Edward James Olmos, was nominated for an Oscar for his performance and Stand and Deliver[4] went on to receive six Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture and Best Screenplay honors for Musca.[5] The film is preserved in the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.[6] Musca has gone on to write, produce and direct for film, television and the theatre, and is head of the MFA Screenwriting track at the University of Miami School of Communication.
Musca was a co-writer and producer for Tortilla Soup [7] starring Hector Elizondo and Raquel Welch, Money for Nothing with John Cusack, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Benicio del Toro. He was a writer for Gotta Kick It Up! starring America Ferrara,[8] , and wrote and directed Melting Pot aka Race [9] starring Paul Rodriguez. Most recently, he wrote, produced and directed [10]Chateau Vato, a rags to riches comedy set in Miami starring Rodriguez. On March 9, 2023, he premiered Dying To Direct [11], a short film based on one of his short stories at the 40th Annual Miami Film Festival [12]-- he wrote, produced and co-directed the film.
Education
BA Rutgers - [2]1973
MFA UCLA - 1981[1]
Filmography
Little Nikita (story) 1988[13]
Stand and Deliver (writer/producer) 1988[4]
Money for Nothing (writer/producer) 1993[14]
Melting Pot (film) aka Race (writer/director) 1998[9]
Flight of Fancy aka Facing Fear (writer/producer/second unit director) 2000[15]
Tortilla Soup (writer, producer) 2001[7]
Gotta Kick it Up! Writer (2001) [16]
Make Love Great Again (producer, additional writing, actor) 2018[17]
Chateau Vato (writer/director/producer) 2020[18]
Amaraica (producer) 2021[19]
Dying to Direct [20](writer, director, producer) 2023
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Author Profile - Tom Musca". www.dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Getting Some Screen Time". Rutgers University Alumni Association. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (March 18, 1988). "Math Teacher to Root For in Stand and Deliver". The New York TImes. pp. Section C, Page 14. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harmetz, Aljean (1988-03-20). "FILM; Math Stars in a Movie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ "Stand and Deliver - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". web.archive.org. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Thomas, Kevin (2001-08-24). "'Tortilla Soup' Adjusts a Recipe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ Garner, Glenn (April 24, 2021). "America Ferrara Celebrates Twenty Years Since her First Day As a Working Actress: We Did It Baby Girl". People.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Andrew Hindes (1997-10-08). "Trio through stirring Musca's 'Melting Pot'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ "Associate professor writes, produces, directs HBO film". news.miami.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ Trattner, Charlotte (February 23, 2023). "The Miami Film Festival Returns For its 40th Year". Miamimagazine.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ rosa, amanda (March 1, 2023). "As Miami Film Festival celebrates 40 years, South Florida cinemas hope for better days". MiamiHerald.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (October 26, 1985). "Little Nikita". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Rosenfeld, Megan (September 15, 1993). "Money For Nothing". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Flight of Fancy-Full Cast and Crew". TVGuide.com. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ "Tom Musca List of Movies". TV guide. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ Colagrande, JJ (May 14, 2019). "Make Love Great Again Debuts on HBO". The Jitney. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "South Florida a backdrop in comedy film, 'Chateau Vato,' with Paul Rodriguez". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ↑ "Award-winning Indie 'Amaraica' Premieres on HBO MAX Sept. 3 – Latin Heat". Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ↑ Vega, Jose (February 27, 2023). "Festival de Cine de Miami: estrenos y cineastas cubanos en el certamen Knight Made in MIA". elnuevoherald.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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