Born in New Jersey, United States Tom Desanto is an American movie producer and writer, famously associated with the Transformers movie franchise. His 2017 film includes the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series, Transformers: The Last Knight, which stars Mark Wahlberg returning from Age of Extinction, along with Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, and Anthony Hopkins. His 2019 release includes Bumblebee.