# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tobe-hooper
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:04:19.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tobe-hooper"
name: "Tobe Hooper"
slug: "tobe-hooper"
description: "Willard Tobe Hooper was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time."
tagline: "American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannes_2014_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-01-25"
deathDate: "2017-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.49
  momentum:             1.195444828438904
  historical:           24.423264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001361/"
    handle:    "nm0001361"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tobehooper.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/630866"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "توبي هوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "توبى هوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%A8%DB%8E_%DA%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "تۆبێ ھوپەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%8C%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9_%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81"
    title: "Τόμπι Χούπερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "توبی هوپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "トビー・フーパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%B8%8C_%ED%9B%84%ED%8D%BC"
    title: "토브 후퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Tobe Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tobe_Hooper"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c54be5e2-9de0-44d3-9270-169b4f920178"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump