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
careful people
I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.
people actors ordinary
Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.
thinking people childhood
I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.
acceptance issues people
Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in the experience of trans people - so that there's more acceptance in the culture to the issues they face and more support.
people london polite
I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.
thinking people enjoy
I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.
people want screening
I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.
affected dad growing learn lost
When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.
anyone learned listen lose therapy wants
What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, 'You have a right to be heard.'
afford directing hardest life unlike variety work year
The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.
background lenses quite shoot tend
If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.
failure films men seem
My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.
great work
The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.
composing great
My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.