Person
Tobe Hooper
Directing · 1943–2017 · Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation Salem's Lot (1979); and the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist (1982).
Known for
The Equalizer
Director
Tales from the Crypt
Director
Amazing Stories
Director
Masters of Horror
Director
Taken
Director
Terrifier
In Memory Of
Nowhere Man
Director
Dark Skies
Director
Freddy's Nightmares
Director
Poltergeist
Director
Filmography
- 2022Making I'm Dangerous TonightHimself
- 2022Texas Chainsaw MassacreCharacters
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiSelf
- 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.(archive footage)
- 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1Self
- 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)
- 2018Also Starring Austin
- 2018TerrifierIn Memory Of
- 2017We Blew ItSelf
- 2017LeatherfaceExecutive Producer
- 2015The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSelf - Filmmaker
- 2013DjinnDirector
- 2013Cannon Fodder: The Making of LifeforceSelf
- 2013Texas Chainsaw 3DExecutive Producer
- 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film ForeverSelf
- 2010A History of HorrorSelf
- 2010Nunca más asistas a este tipo de fiestasThanks
- 2006The Damned ThingDirector
- 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningProducer
- 2006Inside the GraveyardSelf
- 2005Dance of the DeadDirector
- 2005The Perfect Scary MovieSelf
- 2005Masters of HorrorDirector
- 2005MortuaryDirector
- 2004Toolbox MurdersDirector
- 2003The Texas Chainsaw MassacreOriginal Film Writer
- 2002TakenDirector
- 2002Masters of HorrorSelf
- 2002Shadow RealmDirector
- 2000Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher FilmSelf
- 2000Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking TruthSelf
- 2000The American NightmareSelf
- 2000CrocodileDirector
- 1999The Apartment ComplexDirector
- 1997Perversions of ScienceDirector
- 1996Dark SkiesDirector
- 1996Dark SkiesDirector
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw MassacreCharacters
- 1995Nowhere ManDirector
- 1995The ManglerDirector
- 1993Night TerrorsDirector
- 1993Body BagsMan #2
- 1993The Nightmare Begins AgainDirector
- 1992SleepwalkersForensic Tech
- 1990I'm Dangerous TonightDirector
- 1990Spontaneous CombustionCigar Smoking Diner Patron
- 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIICharacters
- 1989Tales from the CryptDirector
- 1988Freddy's NightmaresDirector
- 1988Coming to AmericaParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1986The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2Man in Hotel Corridor (uncredited)
- 1986Invaders from MarsDirector
- 1986Fangoria's Weekend of HorrorsSelf
- 1985Amazing StoriesDirector
- 1985The EqualizerDirector
- 1985LifeforceDirector
- 1985The Making Of LifeforceSelf
- 1982The Making of PoltergeistSelf
- 1982PoltergeistDirector
- 1981The FunhouseDirector
- 1979Salem's LotDirector
- 1976Eaten AliveDirector
- 1975Lost in the Garden of the WorldSelf
- 1974The Texas Chain Saw MassacreDirector
- 1971EggshellsDirector
- 1971The WindsplitterJoby
- 1971Peter Paul and Mary: The Song Is LoveDirector
- 1966Down Friday StreetDirector
- 1965The HeistersWriter
- —Untitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre FilmCharacters
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