Tom DeSimone was an American film and television director known for the cult films Chatterbox (1977), Hell Night (1981), The Concrete Jungle (1982) and Reform School Girls (1986). Earlier, under the name Lancer Brooks, he made some of the first gay adult films with plots and dialogue. He later directed episodes of Freddy’s Nightmares and Swamp Thing. He died in Palm Springs on 17 October 2026, aged 87.

Born on 1 July 1939 in Massachusetts, he studied at Emerson College and earned a master’s degree in film production at UCLA.