Thomas P. Vitale is a television and film writer/producer specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror/supernatural programming and movies. He currently runs Vital Signs Entertainment. Tom is Executive Producer of Pandora, a scripted series for The CW Network and Amazon streaming. He is also an EP on Slasher, a streaming horror series with original seasons on both Netflix and Shudder. And he is an EP on Safehaven, a YA genre series. Tom co-wrote and produced the horror-comedy, You Might Be the Killer, which played in over 15 film festivals in the U.S. and internationally, and is now available on streaming. Prior to Vital Signs Entertainment, Tom was EVP at NBCU's Syfy Channel and also Chiller Network, where he ran scheduling, acquisitions, original movies, documentaries, specials, and series co-productions. While at Syfy, Tom made the network into one of the largest producers of original movies on television when he created Syfy's original Saturday movie franchise, "The Most Dangerous Night of Television." The over 350 original movies made during Tom's tenure include fuzzy, high-rated titles like Mansquito and Ice Twisters, Roger Corman's Sharktopus, Stan Lee's Harpies and Lightspeed, and the social media sensations Sharknado 1 & 2. In the series world, Tom developed, commissioned, or supervised many original shows including Z Nation, Dark Matter, Flash Gordon, Painkiller Jane, the animated comedy Tripping the Rift, and the critically-acclaimed Farscape from Jim Henson Productions. He was also responsible for bringing the immensely successful Stargate franchise to Syfy and worked on everything at the network from Battlestar Galactica to Stephen Spielberg Presents Taken to Eureka to Ghost Hunters to Paranormal Witness. For Chiller, Tom was responsible for critically-acclaimed festival horror and supernatural films such as Elijah Wood's The Boy, and Animal from executive producer Drew Barrymore. On the business side, Tom ran the networks' Programming departments, where he was known as one of the top deal makers in all of the cable television business, and was a key member of the team that grew Syfy into a top-five rated cable network with a sharply defined brand identity. Tom has also done work for TNT/TBS, Fusion Network, El Rey Network, and the Shudder streaming service, and has created and/or set up programming and movies for numerous studios, streamers, and networks. Born and bred in the Bronx, and based in the New York City area with his family, Tom is a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts. A member of the WGA, PGA, and Mensa, Tom began his entertainment career in the famed Page Program at NBC.