Tom Musca
Tom Musca (born 1951) is an American filmmaker. Career

He first came to attention as the writer and producer of Stand and Deliver in 1988. The film's star, Edward James Olmos, was nominated for an Oscar for his performance and Stand and Deliver  went on to receive six Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture and Best Screenplay honors for Musca. The film is preserved in the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress. He has gone on to write, produce and direct for film, television and the theatre. Musca is head of the MFA Screenwriting track and Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Miami School of Communication. Musca  was a co-writer and producer for Tortilla Soup 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, and wrote and directed  Melting Pot aka Race starring Paul Rodriguez. Most recently, he wrote, produced and directed Chateau Vato, a rags to riches comedy set in Miami starring Rodriguez. On March 9, 2023, he premiered Dying To Direct, a short film based on one of his short stories at the 40th Annual Miami Film Festival, which he wrote, produced and co-directed. Education 
BA Rutgers - 1973
MFA UCLA - 1981

Filmography 
Little Nikita (story) 1988
Stand and Deliver (writer/producer) 1988
Money for Nothing (writer/producer) 1993
Melting Pot (film) aka Race (writer/director) 1998
Flight of Fancy aka Facing Fear (writer/producer/second unit director) 2000
Tortilla Soup (writer, producer) 2001
Gotta Kick it Up! Writer (2001)
Make Love Great Again (producer, additional writing, actor) 2018
Chateau Vato (writer/director/producer) 2020
Amaraica (producer) 2021
Dying to Direct(writer, director, producer) 2023

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American filmmakers
1951 births
Living people
Rutgers University alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of Miami faculty