Tom Hedley

Thomas Hedley
Born	Thomas Hedley Jr. 1942/1943 (age 73–74) Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Residence	Palm Beach, Florida, US
Nationality	British
Occupation	magazine editor and screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Lisa Abelow Hedley
Children	4
Relatives	Robert Mnuchin (father-in-law) Steven Mnuchin (brother-in-law)

Thomas Hedley Jr., (born 1942/43) is a British magazine editor and screenwriter. The former publisher of Duckworth in London is President and Publisher of Hedley Media Group in New York City. As a young editor of Esquire, he edited and published essays by Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, Michelangelo Antonioni and Andy Warhol, among others. A fascination with film led to a number of written and produced screenplays including: Circle of Two, directed by Jules Dassin, Mr. Patman, Double Negative, Fighting Back and most notably, Flashdance. He has written screenplays for Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Jean-Paul Goude and Sean Penn, among others.

Hedley was born in England, the son of a Canadian military father and his English wife, and was educated at Winnipeg University.

He is married to Lisa Abelow Hedley, the daughter of banker turned art dealer, Robert Mnuchin and his second wife Adriana Mnuchin. Her brother is United States Secretary of the Treasury-designate, Steven Mnuchin. Lisa Hedley has been nominated for an Emmy award for documentary film. They have four children, and live in Palm Beach, Florida.