Tom Cherones is best known for his work on Seinfeld, where he directed 81 of the 86 episodes of the first five seasons.
10 Facts About Tom Cherones
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Tom Cherones has a younger brother, Bill Cherones, who worked in Hollywood.
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Tom Cherones began working in educational television while a student at the University of Alabama and later produced and directed programs for WQED in Pittsburgh.
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Tom Cherones began as a television director on My Sister Sam in the 1980s.
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Tom Cherones worked on Welcome Back Kotter, Caroline in the City, Annie McGuire, and Ellen.
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Tom Cherones was inducted into the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame in 2001.
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From 2002 to 2014, Tom Cherones taught a film production course at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he had earned a Master's degree in 1976.
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In 2012, Tom Cherones published his first novel, The Hardly Boys, a parody of the old Hardy Boys books.
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Tom Cherones has two children, Susan and Scott, from his first marriage.
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Tom Cherones moved to Hollywood in 1975 with his second wife, Joyce Keener, who died in 2006.