Caption: Producer/Actor Brian Ronalds, Director/Producer Lloyd Kaufman, Director/Producer Toby Hooper and Director/Producer Dean Ronalds screen their films at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival in Tempe, Arizona
Director, Writer, Producer
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)
Source: IMDB
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...