"No matter where you're going it's the wrong place."
William Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 27, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who primarily worked in the horror and sci-fi genres.
He became famous after his low-budget 1974 debut The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which opened the way to Hollywood for him and is cited as a horror classic, as well as a great inspiration for subsequent Slasher Movies. After doing couple films with minor success, he collaborated with Steven Spielberg and did his second famous work, Poltergeist, in 1982. Afterwards, his popularity declined, partially because his work on Poltergeist was believed to be done by Spielberg.
After the '80s, he worked mostly in television, with an occasional movie here and there.
Filmography:
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- Eaten Alive! (1976)
- The Funhouse (1981)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Lifeforce (1985)
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
- Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
- I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
- Body Bags (1993)
- Night Terrors (1993)
- The Mangler (1995)
- The Apartment Complex (1999)
- Crocodile (2000)
- Shadow Realm (2002)
- Toolbox Murders (2004)
- Mortuary (2005)
- Djinn (2012)
Television
- 'Salem's Lot miniseries (1979)
- Amazing Stories episode "Miss Stardust" (1987)
- The Equalizer episode "No Place Like Home" (1988)
- Freddy's Nightmares episode "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1988)
- Tales from the Crypt episode "Dead Wait" (1991)
- Nowhere Man episodes "Absolute Zero" and "Turnabout" (both 1995)
- Dark Skies pilot episode "The Awakening" (1996)
- The Others (2000) episode "Souls on Board" (2000)
- Night Visions episodes "The Maze" and "Cargo" (both 2002)
- Taken episode "Beyond the Sky" (2002)
- Masters of Horror episodes "Dance of the Dead" and "The Damned Thing" (2005 and 2006)
Other Works:
- Music video for Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" (1981)
