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Tom DeSimone

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Tom DeSimone

Born January 1, 1939 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA51 films

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).

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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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The Concrete Jungle posterFirst watchThe Concrete Jungle19826.0An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.View film

Essential films

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Hell Night poster5.5Hell Night1981Reform School Girls poster5.6Reform School Girls1986

Filmography

51 films as director
  1. 2002Young Men of the 80's Volume 1Director
  2. 1988Angel III: The Final ChapterDirector
  3. 1986Reform School GirlsDirector
  4. 1986Nightcrawler: A Leathersex FantasyDirector
  5. 1986Bi-Bi LoveDirector
  6. 1985Bi-CoastalDirector
  7. 1983Comming DistractionsDirector
  8. 1983Gay Guide to CruisingDirector
  9. 1982The Concrete JungleDirector
  10. 1982Skin DeepDirector
  11. 1981Hell NightDirector
  12. 1980Private CollectionDirector
  13. 1980The Dirty Picture ShowDirector
  14. 1980Flesh and FantasyDirector
  15. 1980Wet ShortsDirector
  16. 1979Bad, Bad BoysDirector
  17. 1979The IdolDirector
  18. 1979The Harder They FallDirector
  19. 1977Heavy EquipmentDirector
  20. 1977Chatterbox!Director
  21. 1977Hot Truckin'Director
  22. 1975Catching UpDirector
  23. 1975Good Hot StuffDirector
  24. 1975Aphrodisiacs in the Male AnimalDirector
  25. 1975Pool PartyDirector
  26. 1974Station to StationDirector
  27. 1974Anything GoesDirector
  28. 1974Duffy's TavernDirector
  29. 1974Games Without RulesDirector
  30. 1973Erotikus: A History of the Gay MovieDirector
  31. 1973Chained!Director
  32. 1973Black HeatDirector
  33. 1973Confessions of an InmateDirector
  34. 1973Sons of SatanDirector
  35. 1972Prison GirlsDirector
  36. 1972Dust Unto DustDirector
  37. 1972Blue Movie AuditionsDirector
  38. 1972The Classified CaperDirector
  39. 1972Dirty BooksDirector
  40. 1971Black and BlueDirector
  41. 1971Gay TarzanDirector
  42. 1971Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric BananaDirector
  43. 1971AssaultDirector
  44. 1971Highway HustlerDirector
  45. 1971Lust in the AfternoonDirector
  46. 1971The PeekerDirector
  47. 1970Inside A.M.G.Director
  48. 1970The CollectionDirector
  49. 1968Terror in the JungleDirector
  50. 1965The GameDirector
  51. 1956Wooden LullabyDirector