Thomas Fenton is an American screenwriter and his writing credits include the screenplays for Saw IV. Fenton grew up in Rochester, New York. His 5th grade had a movie making class, where his made some student sci-fi, horror and martial arts films. He attended Hofstra University and took film classes there on Long Island. Fenton started as a grip and best boy in New York City. Fenton opened and operated a production company doing commercial and music video production in New York. Fenton later moved to Hollywood switching to screenwriter and also working as a graphic novelist. Fenton's first break in Hollywood was doing a rewrite on Belly of the Beast by Stephen Seagal. Fenton wrote Dominion a graphic novel about Earthbound Angel. Fenton worked with Twisted Pictures on a number of films, best known is Saw IV. Fenton wrote script for the film on Myrtles Plantation. Fenton then wrote scripts for some CineTel Films, including I Spit On Your Grave 2. Fenton currently is working with producer Robert Evans at Paramount Pictures.