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Channel	Date & Time	Title	Buy
TMCe	Wed, Jul 8, 2:30 PM	Mortuary	Buy
TMCe	Mon, Jul 13, 2:20 PM	Mortuary	Buy
CINEMAX	Wed, Jul 15, 8:30 PM	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Buy

Tobe Hooper Biography

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Birth Name: William Tobe Hooper
Birth Place: Austin, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/25/1943, Aquarius
Profession: Director; writer; producer; composer

Tobe Hooper Fast Facts:

Worked as a professor and film-program assistant director at the University of Texas before segueing to directing.
Debut feature was the 1974 cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was made for $85,000 but earned more than $30 million.
Has directed episodes of the sci-fi/horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt, Night Visions and Masters of Horror.
In 2004, he received both the New York City Horror Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Philadelphia Film Festival's Phantasmagoria Award.

Tobe Hooper Relationships:

Lois (Crosby) Hooper - Mother
Marcia Zwilling-Hooper - Wife
Norman W.R. Hooper - Father
Tony Hooper - Son
William Hooper - Son

College:
University of Texas, Austin, TX (BA in Film)

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