Tom McLoughlin
The director of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.
Thomas Maurice McLoughlin is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime who is most notable for directing Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and One Dark Night. His other credits include numerous television films such as Murder in Greenwich, At Risk, Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, Date with an Angel and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man. In 1977, McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to Van Dyke and Company, a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment) in the Disney film The Black Hole. He also played (along with Kevin Peter Hall) Katahdin, the mutated bear in the 1979 horror film Prophecy.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Thomas Maurice McLoughlin
- Born
- 19 July 1950
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1979–present
- Spouse
- Nancy McLoughlin (1983)
- Children
- 2
Lore & Background
McLoughlin's directorial work on Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is his most notable contribution to the franchise. His broader career includes writing for television (earning an Emmy nomination for Van Dyke and Company in 1977) and acting roles, such as playing the robot S.T.A.R. in The Black Hole and the mutated bear Katahdin in Prophecy.
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