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Thomas "Tom" Rickman (February 8, 1940 – September 3, 2018) was an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his work on Coal Miner's Daughter. Biography. Rickman was born in Sharpe, Kentucky.
Thomas Rickman was born on 8 February 1940 in Sharpe, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) and Everybody's All-American (1988).
- January 1, 1
- Sharpe, Kentucky, USA
- January 1, 1
- USA
Sep 5, 2018 · Tom Rickman, screenwriter of such films as the Burt Reynolds-starrer 'Hooper' and the Oscar-winning 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' died Monday of cancer. He was 78.
Thomas Rickman is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Director, Teleplay, and Co-Executive Producer. Some of his work includes Bless the Child, Coal Miner's Daughter, Front of the Class, Hooper, The Laughing Policeman, The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Everybody's All-American, and Tuesdays with Morrie.
Biography, Drama, Romance, 2 hr 51 min (in credits: Tom Rickman) United States, Canada • Robert Allan Ackerman
- Male
- Kentucky, USA
- Writer, Director, Actor, Producer
- 1972 — 2018
Sep 12, 2018 · People may have heard that the legendary screenwriter was rumored to be around, but those who didn’t happen to be enrolled in the Screenwriting Program might not have run into Tom Rickman during the week – or recognize him, until the night of the Follies came around. He loved the Follies.
Born and raised without television or indoor plumbing in the small mining country town of Sharpe, KY, writer Tom Rickman's literary heroes were Southern gothic writers such as Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner.
