Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation Salem's Lot (1979); and the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist (1982).

Filmography

• 2023The Spot — Thanks
• 2022Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Characters
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. — (archive footage)
• 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)
• 2018Also Starring Austin
• 2018Terrifier — In Memory Of
• 2017Leatherface — Executive Producer, Characters
• 2015The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
• 2013Djinn — Director
• 2013Texas Chainsaw 3D — Characters, Executive Producer
• 2010Nunca más asistas a este tipo de fiestas — Thanks
• 2006The Damned Thing — Director
• 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning — Producer, Characters
• 2005Dance of the Dead — Director
• Masters of Horror — Director
• 2005Mortuary — Director
• 2004Toolbox Murders — Director
• 2003The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Original Film Writer, Co-Producer, Characters
• 2002Shadow Realm — Director
• Taken — Director
• 2000Crocodile — Director
• 1999The Apartment Complex — Director
• Perversions of Science — Director
• 1996Dark Skies — Director
• Dark Skies — Director
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Nowhere Man — Director
• 1995The Mangler — Director, Screenplay
• 1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Characters
• 1993Body Bags — Man #2, Director
• 1993Night Terrors — Director
• 1993The Nightmare Begins Again — Director
• 1992Sleepwalkers — Forensic Tech
• 1990I'm Dangerous Tonight — Director
• 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III — Characters
• 1989Spontaneous Combustion — Cigar Smoking Diner Patron, Director, Story, Screenplay
• Tales from the Crypt — Director
• 1988Coming to America — Party Guest (uncredited)
• Freddy's Nightmares — Director
• 1986Invaders from Mars — Director
• 1986The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 — Man in Hotel Corridor (uncredited), Characters, Director, Original Music Composer, Co-Producer
• Amazing Stories — Director
• 1985Lifeforce — Director
• The Equalizer — Director
• 1982Poltergeist — Director
• 1981The Funhouse — Director
• Salem's Lot — Director
• 1976Eaten Alive — Director, Music
• 1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer, Additional Photography
• 1971Eggshells — Director, Writer, Editor, Special Effects, Producer, Director of Photography
• 1971Peter Paul and Mary: The Song Is Love — Director, Editor, Director of Photography
• 1971The Windsplitter — Joby
• 1966Down Friday Street — Director, Cinematography
• 1965The Heisters — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Characters

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 2022Making I'm Dangerous Tonight — Himself
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi — Self
• 2017We Blew It — Self
• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Self - Filmmaker
• 2013Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce — Self
• 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever — Self
• A History of Horror — Self
• 2006Inside the Graveyard — Self
• 2005The Perfect Scary Movie — Self
• 2002Masters of Horror — Self
• 2000Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film — Self
• 2000Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth — Self
• 2000The American Nightmare — Self
• 1986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors — Self
• 1985The Making Of Lifeforce — Self
• 1982The Making of Poltergeist — Self
• 1975Lost in the Garden of the World — Self