Tom Brady(I)

Raised on the backstreets of Jersey, Tom's award-winning fiction helped earn him a scholarship to Harvard College. Arriving in Cambridge, he landed a lead acting role in an experimental play that included film elements, wild dance, and a naked human ice cream sundae - and Tom knew instantly that a career in show business was his destiny. At Harvard, Brady acted in and directed dozens of theater productions, studied under Joe Chaikin, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet - and began writing his own plays and screenplays. Tom continued on to the University of Hawaii where he earned an MFA in Directing (and a minor in big waves). In the islands, Tom directed professionally, continued to write and direct his own original work (including a primal adaptation of The Bacchae staged in a hula amphitheater), and landed a featured role in the CBS Viet Nam drama Tour of Duty (1987). Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Tom worked as Assistant Director at the Mark Taper Forum's Mainstage and New Work Festival (assisting on shows such as Angels in America and The Kentucky Cycle.) Tom directed at playhouses around Hollywood, and co-directed a very gratifying national tour showcasing the talents of children with disabilities and from impoverished backgrounds. As a writer, Brady was discovered by Al Jean & Mike Reiss at "The Simpsons", and went on to write and produce television shows such as The Critic (1994), The Simpsons (1989), Home Improvement (1991), Men Behaving Badly (1996), Sports Night (1998), Good Vibes (2011), and FX's Chozen (2014). Expanding his work to feature films, Tom's credits as a writer and/or director include The Animal (2001), The Hot Chick (2002), The Comebacks (2007), and Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011). Tom also Executive Produced the award-winning documentary, Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End (2017). Tom is co-founder of Tiki Tāne Pictures, where he EP'd The Assessment (2024), produced The Punishing, and is building a thrilling slate for 2027.