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Tom Gianas

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Director
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Tom has written and directed for Saturday Night Live (1975); The Adventures of Tenacious D (1997); Human Giant (2007); The Awful Truth (1999) with Michael Moore; and Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995) (director). He is currently writing and directing the Comedy Central series Pretend Time (2010) and the FX pilot, Them's My Peeps (2000) with Bob Odenkirk. Strippers and Babies (2000), the screenplay he co-wrote with Sarah Silverman, has been optioned. Tom is also writing the first adult puppet show for the Henson Company.

Tom Gianas started his career at the Second City Comedy Theater in Chicago, where he directed the critically acclaimed "Pinate Full of Bees", which he also re-staged at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Tom occasionally returns to directing theater. Some of his most notable shows include directing the premiere of Sarah Silverman's show, "Jesus is Magic", at the Public Theater in New York, Bob Odenkirk's "Half My Face is a Clown" in Chicago, and Michael Moore, in London's West End.
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    Known for

    Human Giant (2007)
    Human Giant
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Pretend Time (2010)
    Pretend Time
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Kyomedy with Melinda Hill
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2009
    TripTank (2014)
    TripTank
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Writer



    • Daniel Franzese in Gay Skit Happens (2016)
      Gay Skit Happens
      7.8
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2016
    • Laura Dern, Bill Burr, Debi Derryberry, Justin Long, and Haley Reinhart in F Is for Family (2015)
      F Is for Family
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Hell and Back (2015)
      Hell and Back
      5.4
      • written by
      • 2015
    • TripTank (2014)
      TripTank
      6.5
      TV Series
      • creator
      • 2014
    • Pretend Time (2010)
      Pretend Time
      6.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • creator
      • 2010–2011
    • Talking Hedz
      2.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Drunk History (2007)
      Drunk History
      7.9
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2010
    • Funny or Die Presents... (2007)
      Funny or Die Presents...
      5.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Kyomedy with Melinda Hill
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, and Cheech & Chong in Cheech & Chong: Roasted (2008)
      Cheech & Chong: Roasted
      6.3
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2008
    • Human Giant (2007)
      Human Giant
      8.1
      TV Series
      • developer
      • written by
      • writer (creator)
      • 2007–2008
    • Shutterbugs
      5.4
      TV Series
      • developer
      • writer (creator)
      • 2007–2008
    • Nick Swardson in Gay Robot (2006)
      Gay Robot
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2005)
      The Showbiz Show with David Spade
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2005
    • The Man Show (1999)
      The Man Show
      6.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2003–2004

    Producer



    • Daniel Franzese in Gay Skit Happens (2016)
      Gay Skit Happens
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Ed Bassmaster in The Ed Bassmaster Show (2015)
      The Ed Bassmaster Show
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Laura Dern, Bill Burr, Debi Derryberry, Justin Long, and Haley Reinhart in F Is for Family (2015)
      F Is for Family
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015
    • TripTank (2014)
      TripTank
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • I Hate the Dentist
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Pretend Time (2010)
      Pretend Time
      6.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2010–2011
    • Talking Hedz
      2.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Drunk History (2007)
      Drunk History
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2007–2010
    • Funny or Die Presents... (2007)
      Funny or Die Presents...
      5.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer (segment "Derek Waters Presents LOL")
      • 2010
    • Kyomedy with Melinda Hill
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, and Cheech & Chong in Cheech & Chong: Roasted (2008)
      Cheech & Chong: Roasted
      6.3
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Human Giant (2007)
      Human Giant
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2007–2008
    • Shutterbugs
      5.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2007–2008
    • Nick Swardson in Gay Robot (2006)
      Gay Robot
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2006
    • The Man Show (1999)
      The Man Show
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2003–2004

    Director



    • Jillian Shea Spaeder, Brandon Severs, Cody Veith, and Bryce Gheisar in Walk the Prank (2016)
      Walk the Prank
      4.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • David Cross and Bob Odenkirk in W/Bob and David (2015)
      W/Bob and David
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Hell and Back (2015)
      Hell and Back
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2015
    • TripTank (2014)
      TripTank
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2016
    • Thunderbrain
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Pretend Time (2010)
      Pretend Time
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010–2011
    • American Heroine (2011)
      American Heroine
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The High Road with Doug Benson (2009)
      The High Road with Doug Benson
      6.5
      TV Special
      • Director (as Tommy Gianas)
      • 2009
    • Kyomedy with Melinda Hill
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, and Cheech & Chong in Cheech & Chong: Roasted (2008)
      Cheech & Chong: Roasted
      6.3
      TV Special
      • segment director
      • 2008
    • Human Giant (2007)
      Human Giant
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007–2008
    • Nick Swardson in Gay Robot (2006)
      Gay Robot
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2006
    • What's Not to Love? (2006)
      What's Not to Love?
      8.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
      Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
      7.3
      TV Special
      • Director (segment "Saturday TV Funhouse")
      • 2006
    • The Commies (2003)
      The Commies
      4.7
      TV Special
      • segment director
      • 2003

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Tommy Gianas
    • Other works
      Directed "Jesus is Magic", a show written and performed by Sarah Silverman (Canon Theatre, Beverly Hills, California, USA).

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      While in film school, he was scenes partners with Janusz Kaminski in "Waiting for Godot", at Columbia College in Chicago.

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