Still of Tobe Hooper and Leslie Bohem in Taken (2002)
Caption: Still of Tobe Hooper and Leslie Bohem in Taken (2002)
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...