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Tom Musca

American filmmaker (born 1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tom Musca[1][2] (born 1951) is an American filmmaker and professor.

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Musca received a BA from Rutgers University in 1973[2] and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981.[1]

Musca's best known work was as the writer and producer of Stand and Deliver in 1988.[3] The film was nominated for seven Independent Spirit Awards and won six, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay honors for Musca.[4] Additionally, Edward James Olmos, was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his role in the film.[5] Stand and Deliver 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 theater.[7] He was a co-writer and producer for Money for Nothing with John Cusack, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Benicio del Toro and Tortilla Soup[8] starring Hector Elizondo and Raquel Welch. He wrote and directed Melting Pot aka Race[9] starring Paul Rodriguez and was a writer for Gotta Kick It Up! starring America Ferrara.[10]

Since 2010 Musca has been the head of the MFA Screenwriting track and Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Miami School of Communication.[11] In 2020 he wrote, produced and directed[12] Chateau Vato, a rags to riches comedy set in Miami.[13] On March 9, 2023, he premiered Dying To Direct,[14] a short film based on one of his short stories at the 40th Annual Miami Film Festival,[15] which he wrote, produced and co-directed. Aguadilla, [16]his film noir thriller premiered at Cinequest FIlm Festival in 2025 [17]and the 42nd Annual Miami Film Festival,[18] his fifth film to be showcased at this prestigious forum.

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