Tom Perrotta

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Birthdate: 08/13/1961
Birthplace: Garwood, New Jersey, USA

biography

The novels of author Tom Perrotta were rich with honest, insightful, and very funny examinations of life in suburban America. These same qualities made his work a natural destination for independent filmmakers, who have made acclaimed features based on his work – 1999’s dark comedy “Election” and 2006’s “Little Children” – for which Perrotta co-wrote the script and received a Golden Globe nomination that same year.

Born Aug. 13, 1961 in Garwood, NJ, Perrotta was an avid reader in a household dominated by parents who never attended college. His fascination with the written word motivated him to Continued

Credits

Source Material
2006
Screenplay
2006
Source Material (from novel)
1999

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Taught at Yale and Harvard University
1994 
Published a collection of shorts stories titled Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies
1996 
Wrote the novel Election, which was optioned by Bona Fide Productions and MTV films; published in 1998
1997 
Published The Wishbones a comic novel about a New Jersey wedding band
1999 
“Election” was adapted by Alexander Payne into a popular feature film starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon
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