About
Tom DeSimone
Overview
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 |
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2023 | Big Sur Gay Porn | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2022 | So Young, So Bad, So What: The Making of Reform School Girls | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2017 | Anatomy of Death Scenes | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1977 | Inside Jennifer Welles | Actor | Guy Hitting on Jennifer (uncredited) | 58 Average |
Directing |
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2002 | Young Men of the 80's Volume 1 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Angel III: The Final Chapter | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1986 | Reform School Girls | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1986 | Nightcrawler: A Leathersex Fantasy | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1986 | Bi-Bi Love | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1985 | Bi-Coastal | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1983 | Comming Distractions | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1982 | The Concrete Jungle | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Hell Night | Directing | Director | 57 Average |
1980 | Private Collection | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1980 | The Dirty Picture Show | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1980 | Flesh and Fantasy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1980 | Wet Shorts | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1979 | Bad, Bad Boys | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1979 | The Harder They Fall | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1977 | Heavy Equipment | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1977 | Chatterbox! | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1977 | Hot Truckin' | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1976 | Wanted: Billy the Kid | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | Catching Up | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1975 | Good Hot Stuff | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | Aphrodisiacs in the Male Animal | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | Pool Party | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | Ballet Down the Highway | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
1974 | Station To Station | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1974 | Anything Goes | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1974 | Duffy's Tavern | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1973 | Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1973 | Chained! | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1973 | Black Heat | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1973 | Sons of Satan | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1972 | Prison Girls | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1972 | Dust Unto Dust | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1972 | Blue Movie Auditions | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Classified Caper | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | Dirty Books | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Gay Tarzan | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Assault | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Black and Blue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Highway Hustler | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1970 | Inside A.M.G. | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1970 | The Collection | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | Terror in the Jungle | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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1988 | Angel III: The Final Chapter | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1986 | Reform School Girls | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1986 | Nightcrawler: A Leathersex Fantasy | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
1986 | Bi-Bi Love | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1985 | Bi-Coastal | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
1980 | Flesh and Fantasy | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1977 | Chatterbox! | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1974 | Station To Station | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1973 | Black Heat | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1971 | Gay Tarzan | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1971 | Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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1985 | Bi-Coastal | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
1980 | Wet Shorts | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1979 | Gettin' Down | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1979 | The Harder They Fall | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1977 | Heavy Equipment | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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1980 | Private Collection | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1976 | Wanted: Billy the Kid | Camera | Camera Operator | N/A N/A |
1975 | Good Hot Stuff | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1975 | Ballet Down the Highway | Camera | Camera Operator | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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1980 | Wet Shorts | Crew | Presenter | N/A N/A |
Editing |
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1983 | Comming Distractions | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1980 | Private Collection | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1975 | Good Hot Stuff | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1974 | Station To Station | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1973 | Black Heat | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |