Tobe Hooper
1943–2017 · American film director, screenwriter and producer
Willard Tobe Hooper was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time.
Tobe Hooper, in order
- 1969 Eggshells: directed, produced
- 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: directed, wrote, produced
- 1976 Eaten Alive: directed
- 1979 Salem's Lot (TV series): directed
- 1979 The Dark: directed
- 1981 The Funhouse: directed
- 1981 Venom: directed
- 1982 Poltergeist: directed · critics 90%, audiences 79%
- 1985 Lifeforce: directed
- 1985 The Equalizer (TV series): directed
- 1986 Invaders from Mars: directed
- 1986 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: directed, wrote
- 1990 I'm Dangerous Tonight (TV movie): directed
- 1990 Spontaneous Combustion: directed, wrote
- 1991 Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (TV series): directed
- 1992 Sleepwalkers: acted · directed by Mick Garris
- 1993 Body Bags (TV movie): directed, acted
- 1993 Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors: directed
- 1995 The Mangler: directed, wrote
- 1999 The Apartment Complex (TV movie): directed
- 2000 Crocodile: directed
- 2000 The American Nightmare: acted · directed by Adam Simon · audiences 74%
- 2002 Taken (TV series): directed · audiences 100%
- 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: produced · directed by Marcus Nispel · critics 37%, audiences 58% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, AMC+
- 2004 Toolbox Murders: directed
- 2005–06 Masters of Horror (TV series): directed
- 2005 Mortuary: directed
- 2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: produced · directed by Jonathan Liebesman · critics 17%, audiences 53% · streaming on Philo, AMC+
- 2009 Destiny Express Redux: directed
- 2012 Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever: acted · directed by Calum Waddell
- 2013 Djinn: directed
- 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films: acted · directed by Mark Hartley