Tom Lazarus (born 1942) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.
He is best known for writing the 1999 horror film Stigmata, and is the author of the screenwriting manuals, Secrets of Film Writing (2001, Griffin)[1] and The Last Word: Definitive Answers to All Your Screenwriting Questions (2012, Michael Wiese Productions).
He also designed album covers, was nominated for a Grammy, then moved into creating educational and business films.
This led to a television and film career, where he has written and produced many shows since the 1970s, including Knight Rider, War of The Worlds and Freddy's Nightmares.
Directed by Rupert Wainwright on a $29 million budget, it premièred at the box office in the #1 position, earning $18.3 million in its first weekend, and becoming the first film in five weekends to outgross The Sixth Sense at the box office.