Tom Holland (director)
Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943 in Poughkeepsie , New York ) is an American director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Tom Holland is friends with the writer Stephen King . The two worked together three times in the 1990s: In the film adaptations of King's books The Stand , Langoliers and The Curse .
In May 2005, Holland published the film version of his book Driven only on the Internet and sees itself as one of the pioneers of the new content revolution on the Internet.
In 1986 he received the Saturn Award in the Best Writing category for Fright Night .
He has been active as an actor since the 1960s. So he took on a role in Psycho II in 1983 . More recently, he appeared in the splatter film Hatchet II .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1985: The raven black night - Fright Night ( Fright Night , also screenplay)
- 1987: Fatal Beauty
- 1988: Chucky ( Child's Play , also screenplay)
- 1991: Three-way to death ( Two-Fisted Tales )
- 1993: The Temp ( The Temp )
- 1995: The Langoliers ( The Langoliers , also screenplay and actor)
- 1996: Thinner - Der Fluch ( Thinner , also screenplay)
- 2005: Masters of Horror - We All Scream for Ice Cream (also actor)
- 2014: Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
- 2017: Rock, Paper, Scissors
script
- 1982: The Angel Face - Three Nights of Horror ( The Beast Within )
- 1982: Class of 1984 ( Class of 1984 )
- 1983: Psycho II (also actor)
- 1984: Trace to Death ( Scream for Help )
- 1988: My Neighbor, the Vampire ( Fright night part II )
actor
- 1969: The photo model ( Model Shop )
- 1994: Stephen King's The Stand - The Stand ( The Stand )
- 2010: Hatchet II
Web links
- Tom Holland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holland, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director, film producer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poughkeepsie , New York (State) |