Tobe Hooper 11 pictures

Director, Writer, Producer
Before becoming a filmmaker, Tobe Hooper, a native of Austin, Texas, spent the 1960s as a college professor and documentary cameraman. In 1974, he organized a small cast that was made up of college teachers and students, and then he and Kim Henkel made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). This film changed the horror film industry. Hooper based it...

Born: January 25, 1943
Star sign: Aquarius
Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Known for: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Salem's Lot (1979)
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