Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper Movies and TV Shows

Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 1972) is a British film and television director of English and Australian background. Hooper began making short films at the age of 13, and had his first professional short, Painted Faces, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992. At Oxford University Hooper directed plays and television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of Quayside, Byker Grove, EastEnders and Cold Feet. Into the 2000s, Hooper directed the major BBC costume dramas Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and Daniel Deronda (2002), and was selected to helm the 2003 revival of ITV's Prime Suspect series, starring Helen Mirren. Hooper made his feature film debut with Red Dust (2004), a South African drama starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor, before directing Helen Mirren again in the Company Pictures/HBO Films historical drama Elizabeth I (2005). He continued working for HBO on the television film Longford (2006) and in John Adams (2007), a seven-part serial on the life of the American president. Hooper returned to features with The Damned United (2009), a fact-based film about the English football manager Brian Clough (played by Michael Sheen). The following year saw the release of the historical drama The King's Speech (2010), starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, which was met with critical acclaim. Hooper's work was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Prime Suspect and John Adams, won one for Elizabeth I, and was nominated for the British Academy (BAFTA) TV Craft Award for Best Director for Longford. The King's Speech won multiple awards, including Best Director wins for Hooper from the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a Best Director nomination from BAFTA. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hooper (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 05/10/1972 (52 years old)
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK
  • nationality: Australian
  • Net worth: $20,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
Cats
IMDB 2.8
TMDB 42%
role:
Producer & 2 more
2019

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2.8
42%
His Dark Materials
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 79%
role:
Executive Producer
2019

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
79%
The Danish Girl
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 76%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2015

Drama

7.1
76%
Les Misérables
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Director
2012

Drama

History

7.5
73%
2011

Documentary

History

6.7
84%
2010

Drama

History

8.0
77%
2010

Comedy

Family

Kids

7.1
80%
Longford
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 66%
role:
Director
2006

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

7.5
66%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Tom Hooper are, for example, Cats, The Danish Girl and Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The King's Speech (7.9), King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech (7.6) and Les Misérables (7.4).