Tobe Hooper (1943–2017)

Director | Writer | Producer

Honored with many awards for his films and achievement in the horror genre, Tobe Hooper is truly ...

Born: January 25, 1943
Died: August 26, 2017 (age 74)

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Filmography

Known For

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Director (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Director (1986)
Poltergeist Director (1982)
Known For

Spontaneous Combustion Director (1990)
Director

Djinn (2013)
Destiny Express Redux (2009)
Masters of Horror (2005-2006)
Mortuary (2005)
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Taken (2002)
Night Visions (2002)
Shadow Realm (2002)
Crocodile (2000)
The Others (2000)
The Apartment Complex (1999)
Prey (1998)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Dark Skies (1996)
Nowhere Man (1995)
The Mangler (1995)
Body Bags (1993)
Night Terrors (1993)
The Nightmare Begins Again (1993)
Tales from the Crypt (1991)
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1991)
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
The Equalizer (1988)
Amazing Stories (1987)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
Lifeforce (1985)
Billy Idol: Dancing with Myself (1983)
Poltergeist (1982)
Venom (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Dark (1979)
Eaten Alive (1976)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Peter Paul and Mary: The Song is Love (1971)
Eggshells (1969)
A Way of Learning (1967)
Down Friday Street (1966)
The Heisters (1964)
Director

The Abyss (1959)
Writer

A Fandemic: 50 Fans Celebrate 50 Years of Cinema (2021)
Leatherface (2017)
The Chicken Run (2015)
The Chainsaw Murders (2013)
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
Horror Movie: The Movie (2012)
Destiny Express Redux (2009)
Jason vs. Leatherface (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Mangler (1995)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Eggshells (1969)
A Way of Learning (1967)
Down Friday Street (1966)
Writer

The Heisters (1964)
Producer

Leatherface (2017)
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Toolbox Murders: As It Was (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Eggshells (1969)
Producer

The Heisters (1964)
Actor

Body Bags Morgue Worker #2 (segment "The Morgue") (1993)
Sleepwalkers Forensic Tech (1992)
Spontaneous Combustion Cigar Smoking Diner Patron (1990)
Coming to America Party Guest (1988)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Man in Hotel Corridor (1986)
Actor

The Windsplitter Joby (1971)
Soundtrack

Criminal Insanity (2016)
Archive footage

Minty Comedic Arts (2021)
Demented Pictures (2017)
L'antre du Mea (2017)
Archive footage

Dangerous Beauty (2013)
Carlsen's Curse (2013)
Editor

Eggshells (1969)
A Way of Learning (1967)
Down Friday Street (1966)
Editor

The Heisters (1964)
Composer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Eaten Alive (1976)
Composer

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Additional Crew

Moxina (2012)
The American Nightmare (2000)
Camera and Electrical Department

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Camera and Electrical Department

Eggshells (1969)
Cinematographer

Eggshells (1969)
Down Friday Street (1966)
Music Department

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Eaten Alive (1976)
Visual Effects

Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1991)

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Awards

9 wins & 6 nominations.

Did You Know

Was originally offered the script for Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) but turned it down. Spielberg then suggested Hooper direct Poltergeist (1982), a project he had written himself and had planned on directing. Hooper took the ...

Quotes

[on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) remake] It didn't have the context of the times but it was effective in its own way - in particular the scene where the group of friends approach the house and all you see is Jessica Biel's ass. I loved that.