Tom Hooper

Not to be confused with Tom Hopper.
For other people named Tom Hooper, see Tom Hooper (disambiguation).

Tom Hooper
A man in a grey suit with a blue shirt looks down to his right while smiling.
Hooper at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival
Born
Thomas George Hooper

(1972-10-05) 5 October 1972 (age 52)
London, England
Citizenship
  • British
  • Australian
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1992–present
Parents
AwardsFull list

Thomas George Hooper (born 5 October 1972)[1] is a British-Australian[n 1] filmmaker. Known for his work in film and television he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.[4]

Hooper began making short films as a teenager and had his first professional short, Painted Faces, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992. At Oxford University, he directed plays and television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of Quayside, Byker Grove, EastEnders, and Cold Feet on British television. In the 2000s, Hooper directed the major BBC costume dramas Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and Daniel Deronda (2002), as well as the 2003 revival of ITV's Prime Suspect series. He gained acclaim for directing the HBO projects Elizabeth I (2005), Longford (2006), and John Adams (2008), the former of which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie.

Hooper made his feature film debut with the British drama Red Dust (2004) followed by the sports drama The Damned United (2009). He directed the historical drama The King's Speech (2010) which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director. He followed up with the musical epic Les Misérables (2012), and the romantic drama The Danish Girl (2015), the later of which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. He directed the 2019 live-action adaptation of the musical Cats, for which he won three Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director, Worst Picture, and Worst Screenplay. That same year he directed two episodes of the HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials (2019).

  1. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. 5d: 2485.
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  4. ^ "2011 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. 7 October 2014.


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