Tobe Hooper
Born 1943-01-25
Austin, Texas, USA
Died 2017-08-26
(74 years old)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Tobe Hooper (b. 1943, Austin, Texas) got his first taste of filmmaking as a child when he made amateur movies with his father's 8 mm camera. He further refined his skills at the University of Texas and through drama classes in Dallas. He debuted with the low-budget and now elusive Eggshells (1969), which he describes as a "hippie movie." But his real breakthrough came with his second film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is considered a classic today. His next film, Eaten Alive (1976), about a disturbed hotel owner and his hungry pet, was made in the same vein. Hooper had another major hit with Poltergeist (1982), but we should not forget his comic Chainsaw sequel from 1986.
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Director
Movies | |
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2013 |
Djinn |
2005 |
Mortuary |
2004 |
Toolbox Murders |
2002 |
Shadow Realm (TV movie) |
2000 |
Crocodile |
1999 |
The Apartment Complex (TV movie) |
1995 |
The Mangler |
1993 |
Body Bags (TV movie) |
Night Terrors |
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1990 |
I'm Dangerous Tonight (TV movie) |
Spontaneous Combustion |
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1986 |
Invaders from Mars |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
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1985 |
Lifeforce |
1982 |
Poltergeist |
1981 |
The Funhouse |
1979 |
Les Nuits de la Violence |
Salem's Lot (TV movie) |
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1976 |
Eaten Alive |
1974 |
Le Massacre à la scie |
1969 |
Eggshells |
Series | |
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2006 |
Masters of Horror |
The Damned Thing (S02E01) |
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2005 |
Masters of Horror |
Dance of the Dead (S01E03) |
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2002 |
Night Visions |
Cargo / Switch (E12) |
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The Maze / Harmony (E11) |
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Taken |
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Beyond the Sky (E01) |
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2000 |
The Others |
Souls on Board (E04) |
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1997 |
Perversions of Science |
1996 |
Dark Skies |
The Awakening (E01) |
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1995 |
Nowhere Man |
1991 |
Tales from the Crypt |
Dead Wait (S03E06) |
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1988 |
Freddy's Nightmares |
No More Mr. Nice Guy (S01E01) |
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The Equalizer |
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No Place Like Home (S03E18) |
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1987 |
Amazing Stories |
Miss Stardust (S02E21) |
Music videos | |
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1983 |
Billy Idol: Dancing With Myself |
Short | |
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1964 |
The Heisters |
Producer
Movies | |
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2006 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning |
1974 |
Le Massacre à la scie |
1969 |
Eggshells |
Short | |
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1964 |
The Heisters |
Composer
Movies | |
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1986 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
1976 |
Eaten Alive |
1974 |
Le Massacre à la scie |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1995 |
The Mangler |
1990 |
Spontaneous Combustion |
1974 |
Le Massacre à la scie |
1969 |
Eggshells |
Short | |
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1964 |
The Heisters |
Actor
Movies | |
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1993 |
Body Bags (TV movie) |
1992 |
Sleepwalkers |
1988 |
Coming to America |
1971 |
The Windsplitter |
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Also Starring Austin |
2017 |
Cult of Terror |
We Blew It |
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2014 |
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films |
2012 |
Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film |
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever |
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2005 |
The Perfect Scary Movie (TV movie) |
2004 |
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (series) |
2003 |
Toolbox Murders: As It Was |
2002 |
Inside Taken |
Masters of Horror (TV movie) |
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2000 |
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth |
The American Nightmare |
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1997 |
A-Z of Horror (series) |
Subterranean SINema (series) |
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1993 |
Night of the Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Documentary |
1986 |
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors |
1982 |
The Making of 'Poltergeist' (TV movie) |
Cinematographer
Movies | |
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1969 |
Eggshells |
Editor
Short | |
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1964 |
The Heisters |
Performer
Shows | |
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2010 |
Janela Indiscreta |
2009 |
Post Mortem with Mick Garris |
Fans
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