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3	Thomas George 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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5	He has a rather distinctive shooting style that involves plenty of non-centered close-ups and [[DutchAngle unorthodox angles]].
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7	Not to be confused with actor Creator/TomHopper or director Creator/TobeHooper.
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9	!!Works he has directed:
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11	* ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate'' (2001)
12	* ''Literature/DanielDeronda'' (2002)
13	* ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' (series 6) (2003)
14	* ''Red Dust'' (2004)
15	* ''[[Series/ElizabethI2005 Elizabeth I]]'' (2005)
16	* ''Longford'' (2006)
17	* ''Series/JohnAdams'' (2008)
18	* ''Film/TheDamnedUnited'' (2009)
19	* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' (2010)
20	* ''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' (2012)
21	* ''Film/TheDanishGirl'' (2015)
22	* ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'' (episodes 1-2) (2019)
23	* ''Film/{{Cats}}'' (2019)
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26	!!Tropes applying to his body of work:
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28	* DutchAngle: He's very fond of using tilted angles in his cinematography.
29	* 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).
30	* ProductionPosse:
31	** Creator/HelenMirren in ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' and ''Series/ElizabethI2005''.

Context Creator / TomHooper