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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. Freddy's Nightmares (1988) — Director
2. Hell Night (1981) — Director
3. The Concrete Jungle (1982) — Director
4. Reform School Girls (1986) — Director
5. Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988) — Director
6. She Spies (2002) — Director
7. Chatterbox! (1977) — Director
8. Prison Girls (1972) — Director
9. Terror in the Jungle (1968) — Director
10. Super Force (1990) — Director
11. Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie (1973) — Director
12. The Big Easy (1996) — Director
13. The Idol (1979) — Director
14. Dust Unto Dust (1972) — Director
15. Inside A.M.G. (1970) — Director
16. Catching Up (1975) — Director
17. Chained! (1973) — Director
18. Station to Station (1974) — Director
19. The Classified Caper (1972) — Director
20. Sons of Satan (1973) — Director
21. Skin Deep (1982) — Director
22. Good Hot Stuff (1975) — Director
23. The Harder They Fall (1979) — Director
24. Hot Truckin' (1977) — Director
25. Bi-Coastal (1985) — Director
26. Heavy Equipment (1977) — Director
27. Bad, Bad Boys (1979) — Director
28. Blue Movie Auditions (1972) — Director
29. Anything Goes (1974) — Director
30. Nightcrawler: A Leathersex Fantasy (1986) — Director
31. Bi-Bi Love (1986) — Director
32. Comming Distractions (1983) — Director
33. The Collection (1970) — Director
34. Duffy's Tavern (1974) — Director
35. Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana (1971) — Director
36. Assault (1971) — Director
37. Highway Hustler (1971) — Director
38. Games Without Rules (1974) — Director
39. Flesh and Fantasy (1980) — Director
40. The Dirty Picture Show (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Inside Jennifer Welles (1977) — Guy Hitting on Jennifer (uncredited)
2. Big Sur Gay Porn (2023) — Self
3. So Young, So Bad, So What: The Making of Reform School Girls (2022) — Self
4. Anatomy of Death Scenes (2017)