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He has a rather distinctive shooting style that involves plenty of close-ups and [[DutchAngle unorthodox angles]].

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He has a rather distinctive shooting style that involves plenty of non-centered close-ups and [[DutchAngle unorthodox angles]].
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Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 1972) is a British-Australian director. He is known for directing a variety of lavish {{period piece}}s, starting from television miniseries like ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate'' and ''Series/ElizabethI2005'' in the 2000s. In the late 2000s and the 2010s, he moved on to feature films like ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', including big-budget movie musicals: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' and ''Film/{{Cats}}''.

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Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 5 October 1972) is a British-Australian director. He is known for directing a variety of lavish {{period piece}}s, starting from television miniseries like ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate'' and ''Series/ElizabethI2005'' in the 2000s. In the late 2000s and the 2010s, he moved on to feature films like ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', including big-budget movie musicals: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' and ''Film/{{Cats}}''.
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* ''[[Series/ElizabethI2005 Elizabeth I]]'' (2005]

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* ''Film/{{LesMiserables|2012}}''

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* ''Film/{{LesMiserables|2012}}''''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' (2012)
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* ''Series/ElizabethI2005''
* ''Series/{{Longford}}'' (2006)

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* ''Film/LesMiserables2012''

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* ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'' (episodes 1-2) (2019)
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* ''Series/ElizabethI2005''
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Not to be confused with actor Creator/TomHopper.

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Not to be confused with actor Creator/TomHopper.Creator/TomHopper or director Creator/TobeHooper.
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* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech (2010)

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Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 1972) is a British-Australian director. He is known for directing a variety of lavish {{period piece}}s, starting from television miniseries like ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate'' and ''Series/ElizabethI2005'' in the 2000s. In the late 2000s and the 2010s, he moved on to feature films like ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', including big-budget movie musicals: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' and ''Film/{{Cats}}''.

He has a rather distinctive shooting style that involves plenty of close-ups and [[DutchAngle unorthodox angles]].

Not to be confused with actor Creator/TomHopper.
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!!Works he has directed:

* ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate'' (2001)
* ''Literature/DanielDeronda'' (2002)
* ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' (series 6) (2003)
* ''Red Dust'' (2004)
* ''Series/{{Longford}}'' (2006)
* ''Series/JohnAdams'' (2008)
* ''Film/TheDamnedUnited'' (2009)
* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech (2010)
* ''Film/LesMiserables2012''
* ''Film/TheDanishGirl'' (2015)
* ''Film/{{Cats}}'' (2019)

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!!Tropes applying to his body of work:

* DutchAngle: He's very fond of using tilted angles in his cinematography.
* PeriodPiece: He primarily directs period dramas, like ''Series/ElizabethI2005'' (Elizabethan England), ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' (early 20th century England), ''Film/TheDanishGirl'' (1920s Denmark), and ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' (19th-century France).
* ProductionPosse:
** Creator/HelenMirren in ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' and ''Series/ElizabethI2005''.
** Creator/EddieRedmayne in ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' and ''Film/TheDanishGirl''.

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