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Tom Sylla
Retired film-maker, educator and screenwriter
San Rafael, CA
Tom Sylla is an award-winning filmmaker, educator and screenwriter. He has sold scripts to major Hollywood film and television studios. He worked for Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic on films including “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," “Ghostbusters II,” “Back to the Future III,” “Joe Versus the Volcano” and “The Young Indiana Jones” television series. He wrote, directed and edited the feature film "No Return" which won a Directing Award and was distributed to home video domestically and internationally. Tom did voiceover work in the original "Star Wars."
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