John Hooper

Películas

David Hockney: Secret Knowledge
Director of Photography
Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early as the 15th century.
The Hour of the Pig
Cinematography
En la Francia medieval un joven abogado, Richard Courtois, deja París en busca de una vida más normal en el campo. Pero pronto se ve inmerso en intrigas políticas, aparte de ser requerido para defender a un cerdo, propiedad de la misteriosa gitana Samira. El cerdo ha sido arrestado por el asesinato de un joven.
Hostages
Camera Operator
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
A Question of Attribution
Director of Photography
Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.
The Yellow Wallpaper
Cinematography
A woman goes slowly mad as she is confined to a room for weeks on end by her husband.
The Yellow Wallpaper
Director of Photography
A woman goes slowly mad as she is confined to a room for weeks on end by her husband.
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Lighting Camera
Judith arrives at Bluebeard's dark castle hoping her love can convince him to reveal the secrets behind the locked interior doors.
Cariani and the Courtesans
Cinematography
When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger and deceit.
Land
Cinematography
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are contemplating taking up arms. A stranger arrives who provides an answer to their plight.
Brick Is Beautiful
Cinematography
Steve thinks there is a fortune in reclaimed bricks. But how will his ambition affect his girlfriend, Maureen, and his mates, Brad, Dez and Snapper?
The Weather in the Streets
Director of Photography
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.
Jessie
Cinematography
A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The boy's growing attachment to her however causes greater problems than his original detachment to his family. Part of the 1980 season of BBC Play for Today.
Schalcken the Painter
Cinematography
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?