Tobe Hooper

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf screenwriter
producer
film director
gptkbp:activeYears 1969
2017
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival_Best_Director_Award
gptkbp:birthDate January 25, 1943
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Hooper
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Danielle_Harris
gptkb:Steven_Spielberg
gptkb:Robert_Englund
gptkbp:deathDate August 26, 2017
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:famousQuote 'The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre_is_a_film_about_the_American_dream_gone_wrong.'
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre:_The_Shocking_Truth
gptkb:The_American_Nightmare
The Twilight Zone
psychological horror
surrealism
dark humor
Eggshells
satirical elements
gritty realism
gptkbp:genre horror
science fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tobe Hooper
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Wes_Craven
gptkb:John_Carpenter
gptkb:Quentin_Tarantino
gptkb:Rob_Zombie
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock
gptkb:George_A._Romero
gptkbp:inspiration Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_true_events
gptkbp:knownFor horror films
cult films
gptkbp:legacy cult following
influential horror director
pioneering slasher genre
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre
gptkb:Poltergeist
gptkb:Salem's_Lot
The Funhouse
Lifeforce
gptkbp:produces Djinn
gptkbp:spouse Kathy_Hooper