Perspectives on Cinema

A Conversation with Tom Luddy

Authors

  • Phillip Sipiora University of South Florida Author

Keywords:

film directing, screenwriting, Tough Guys Don't Dance, creative control, actor-director dynamics

Abstract

Tom Luddy, a film producer and executive for five decades, shares his experiences as executive producer of Norman Mailer’s Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1987) and his perspectives on cinema.

Author Biography

  • Phillip Sipiora, University of South Florida

    Phillip Sipiora is Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of South Florida. He is the author or editor of three books and has published approximately three dozen scholarly essays. He has lectured nationally and internationally on twentieth-century literature and film and is the Editor of The Mailer Review.

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Published

2026-03-14

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): Beyond Fiction

Section

Mailer and Film