Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper

geb. 25.01.1943
Austin, Texas, USA

overleden 26.08.2017 (74 jaar)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biografie

Born in 1943 in Austin, Texas, he directed the instant classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 1974. He was later hired to shoot a film in the vain of JawsEaten Alive (1977), in which actor Robert Englund claimed, “My name is Buck and I’m here to fuck!”, took by Tarantino in Kill Bill. He then directed several bigger productions such as Poltergeist (1982) and Lifeforce (1985). He died in 2017 in Los Angeles.

Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

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Films
1969

Eggshells

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Korte films
1964

The Heisters

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