What is Tom Hooper?
{{Infobox person | name = Tom Hooper | image = TomHopper10TIFF.jpg | alt = A man in a grey suit with a blue shirt looks down to his right while smiling. | caption = Hooper at the [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival]] | birth_name = Thomas George Hooper | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|10|5}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | citizenship = {{hlist|British|Australian}} | education = {{Plainlist| * [[Highgate School]] * [[Westminster School]] }} | alma_mater = [[University College, Oxford]] | occupation = {{hlist|Director|producer|writer}} | years_active = 1992–present | parents = {{Plainlist| * [[Richard Hooper (civil servant)|Richard Hooper]] * [[Meredith Hooper]] }} | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Tom Hooper|Full list]] }} '''Thomas George Hooper''' (born 5 October 1972)<ref name=BMD>''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005''. '''5d''': 2485.</ref> is an [[Academy Award]]-winning British-Australian movie and television director, producer. His best known movie director works are ''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010), ''[[Les Misérables (2012 movie)|Les Misérables]]'' (2012) and ''[[Cats (2019 movie)|Cats]]'' (2019). == Career == He studied in Oxford University. After graduating, he directed episodes of ''Quayside'', ''Byker Grove'', ''EastEnders'', and ''Cold Feet'' on British television. In the 2000s, he directed BBC costume dramas, such as ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (2001) and ''Daniel Deronda'' (2002). His feature film debut was with a British drama ''Red Dust'' (2004). He worked for HBO on the television film ''Longford'' (2006) and in a seven-part serial on the life of the American president, ''John Adams'' (2008). In 2010 he released the historical drama ''[[The King's Speech]].'' His film ''[[The Danish Girl (movie)|The Danish Girl]]'' (2015), was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper,