Tom Hooper
Academy Award-winning director of The King's Speech.
Tom Hooper is a British-Australian filmmaker who began making short films as a teenager and gained acclaim for directing major BBC costume dramas and HBO projects before making his feature film debut.
- field
- Filmmaker
- nationality
- British-Australian
- known_for
- Directing The King's Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl, and Cats
Lore & Background
At age 12, he read a book titled How to Make Film and Television and decided to become a director.
Reader's Guide
Tom Hooper's significance lies in his transition from British television to acclaimed feature films. That same year he directed two episodes of the HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.
Did You Know?
- At age 12, Hooper read a book titled How to Make Film and Television and decided to become a director.
- He made his first film, Runaway Dog, at age 13 using a clockwork 16mm Bolex camera.
- His short Bomber Jacket came runner-up in a BBC younger filmmakers' competition when he was 14.
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