 He graduated from Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, New Jersey in 1986 and from Rutgers University in 1990.During his first years in the film industry, Tom met and befriended Bryan Singer, who got Tom a production position with his company, "Bad Hat Harry", working on his movie "Apt Pupil", followed by a partnered attempt to revive "Battlestar Galactica".Later, Singer would co-write the movie "X-Men" with DeSanto and a few others before signing on as director, using most of DeSanto's original story.