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Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-01-01 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Tom DeSimone

Biography:

Tom DeSimone (born 1939) is an American director, writer, producer and editor, perhaps best known for directing the cult films Chatterbox (1977), Hell Night (1981), and The Concrete Jungle (1982).

DeSimone was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emerson College. He relocated to Los Angeles, California in the 1960s, and enrolled at the University of Southern California to earn a Master's degree in filmmaking.

DeSimone began his career as a director of numerous adult films in the late 1960s, including several gay pornography films under the pseudonym Lancer Brooks. He would later become known for directing the cult film Chatterbox (1977), produced by Bruce Cohn Curtis. Curtis would then hire him to direct his subsequent film, the cult slasher film Hell Night (1981).

He also directed the films The Concrete Jungle and Reform School Girls, and the television series Freddy's Nightmares and Dark Justice.

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Known For

Acting

2023

2022

2017

1977

Inside Jennifer Welles as Guy Hitting on Jennifer (uncredited)

Directing

2002

She Spies as Director

1996

The Big Easy as Director

1985

Bi-Coastal as Director

1983

1982

Skin Deep as Director

1981

Hell Night as Director

1980

Private Collection as Director
Flesh and Fantasy as Director
Wet Shorts as Director

1979

The Idol as Director
Bad, Bad Boys as Director

1977

Chatterbox! as Director
Hot Truckin' as Director
Heavy Equipment as Director

1976

Wanted: Billy the Kid as Assistant Director

1975

Catching Up as Director
Pool Party as Director
Ballet Down the Highway as Assistant Director
Good Hot Stuff as Director

1974

Anything Goes as Director
Station To Station as Director
Duffy's Tavern as Director

1973

Chained! as Director
Black Heat as Director
Sons of Satan as Director

1972

Prison Girls as Director
Dirty Books as Director
Dust Unto Dust as Director

1970

The Collection as Director
Inside A.M.G. as Director

1968

Writing

1985

Bi-Coastal as Writer

1980

1979

The Idol as Writer

1977

Chatterbox! as Story

1974

1973

Black Heat as Writer

Editing

1983

1980

1975

Good Hot Stuff as Editor

1974

1973

Black Heat as Editor

Production

1985

Bi-Coastal as Producer

1980

Wet Shorts as Producer

1979

Gettin' Down as Producer
The Idol as Producer

1977

Heavy Equipment as Producer

Camera

1980

Private Collection as Director of Photography

1976

Wanted: Billy the Kid as Camera Operator

1975

Ballet Down the Highway as Camera Operator
Good Hot Stuff as Director of Photography

Crew

1982

Skin Deep as Presenter

1980

Wet Shorts as Presenter