Tommy Lee Wallace is an American director, writer, producer, and actor. Although having worked in diverse genres, Tommy is probably best known for his contribution to the horror film, most notably its many sequels. Early on he scripted Amityville II: The Possession (1982) and quickly moved on to both write and direct the John Carpenter related Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) that starred cult horror icon Tom Atkins. He directed Fright Night Part 2 (1988) based on a screenplay by Tom Holland and It (1990), a coming-of-age horror tale adapted from the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

Over the years Tommy has worked on over 25 feature films and TV projects including John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and 3 segments of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1985).

He was married to Nancy Kyes aka Nancy Loomis of Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980). Tommy also worked on those films - and Dark Star (1974) and Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

* assisting John Carpenter in

various capacities.