LOUISE HOOPER
DIRECTOR
LOUISE HOOPER is a highly visual, innovative and wildly imaginative drama director, curating beautifully crafted films with an infectious energy and ease on set.
Louise is currently directing LORD OF THE RINGS / RINGS OF POWER for AMAZON. Before that Louise's directed the finale of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN for Warner Bros / Netflix to glowing reviews. Was lead director on Matt Charman's (BRIDGE OF SPIES) contemporary thriller TREASON for Netflix. Directed two gloriously surreal episodes of INSIDE NUMBER 9 for BBC Comedy. Before that she directed on the Netflix hit, THE WITCHER.
Best known for the 4 part limited series FLESH & BLOOD starring Academy nominees Imelda Staunton and Stephen Rae, Russell Tovey and Francesca Annis, that TX Feb 2020 to rave reviews. Huge viewing figures & 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Before that Louise directed CHEAT, the acclaimed 4 part thriller starring BAFTA leading actress Molly Windsor. With over 7 million viewers and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2020 as Covid began, Louise directed Jeff Pope's ISOLATION STORIES.
BAFTA nominated for OUR GAY WEDDING: THE MUSICAL. Louise has had the pleasure of working with Jimmy Nesbitt in COLD FEET, Brenda Blethyn in VERA, and was the first woman to direct on STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN. She has also worked with Tilda Swinton, Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christian Slater, Samuel Barnett, Joanna Lumley, Dennis Hopper, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Davies, James Fox, David Harewood, Kate Moss and Griff Rhys Jones.
Louise began her career directing BBC Arts documentaries, working with David Lynch, Helmut Newton, Arthur Miller, David Attenborough and Björk.
Website: www.louisehooper.com.
Represented by Jodi Shields at Casarotto and represented by Lauren Fox, Jon Cassir, Praveen Pandian, Wilhelmina Ross at CAA
“A dreamy and unsettling evocation of awe… a delight to the senses” The Telegraph
“This is film-making at its best” The Guardian
“50 minutes of ravishing images – hypnotic” The Times
“Louise Hooper’s programme was as impeccable as one of James Bond’s suits” The Times
“This is exactly what television should be doing.” Caitlin Moran, The Times
“Stirring stuff” Time Out, 4 stars
“A heightened, beautiful film…Imaginative, highly paced, skillfully assembled” Art Newspaper
“Re-creations good enough for the cinema” The Mail on Sunday
“Stunningly realised” Sunday Times
Photos by A P Wilding