Tom Hooper

Born           : Thomas George Hooper
                    1972 (age 38–39)
                     London, England
Nationality   : British, Australian
Occupation  : Film and television director
Years active : 1990–present

Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 1972)[1] is a Academy Award winning British film and television director of English and Australian heritage.[2][n 1] 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.

Filmography (14 titles)
2010 The King's Speech
2009 The Damned United
2008 John Adams (TV mini-series)
2006 Longford (TV movie)
2005 Elizabeth I (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (2005)
– Episode #1.1 (2005)
2004 Red Dust
2003 ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect 6 (TV movie)
2002 Daniel Deronda (TV mini-series)
2001 Love in a Cold Climate (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (2001)
– Episode #1.1 (2001)
1999-2000 EastEnders (TV series)
– Episode dated 3 February 2000 (2000)
– Episode dated 5 September 1999 (1999)
1999 Cold Feet (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (1999)
– Episode #2.1 (1999)
1998 EastEnders: The Mitchells - Naked Truths
1997 Byker Grove (TV series)
– Episode #9.20 (1997)
– Episode #9.19 (1997)
– Episode #9.18 (1997)
– Episode #9.17 (1997)
1992 Painted Faces (TV short)