Tom Hooper
Tom Hooper
Thomas George "Tom" Hooper is a British film and television director of English and Australian background. 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 Hooper directed plays and television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of Quayside, Byker Grove, EastEnders and Cold Feet...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 October 1972
people actors ordinary
Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.
mother kings reading
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.
thinking people childhood
I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.
drama names bleak
A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.
film rich posh
Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich.
thinking patriotism film
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
men actors triangles
Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.
entrepreneur film-and-television way
The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.
villain british humour
A British villain never loses their sense of humour.
night talking worry
Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry.
character culture iconic
I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.
uplifting new-york kings
I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.
would-be clarity filmmaker
I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.
weekend special shooting
Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.