Thomas George "Tom" Hooper (born 5 October 1972) is a British film and television director of English and Australian background. 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.