Tom DeSimone

Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1939, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Movies: 56

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).

Best-Known Movies

5.5

Hell Night

1981

5.6

Reform School Girls

1986

6.0

The Concrete Jungle

1982

5.4

Angel III: The Final Chapter

1988

5.1

Chatterbox!

1977

3.9

Prison Girls

1972

5.2

Terror in the Jungle

1968

5.6

Inside Jennifer Welles

1977

5.0

Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie

1973

9.2

Big Sur Gay Porn

2023

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

2002	Young Men of the 80's Volume 1	Director
1988	Angel III: The Final Chapter	Director, Writer
1986	Reform School Girls	Screenplay, Director
1986	Nightcrawler: A Leathersex Fantasy	Writer, Director
1986	Bi-Bi Love	Director, Writer
1985	Bi-Coastal	Writer, Director, Producer
1983	Comming Distractions	Director
1983	Gay Guide to Cruising	Director
1982	The Concrete Jungle	Director
1982	Skin Deep	Director
1981	Hell Night	Director
1980	Private Collection	Director
1980	The Dirty Picture Show	Director
1980	Flesh and Fantasy	Writer, Director
1980	Wet Shorts	Producer, Director
1979	Gettin' Down	Producer
1979	Bad, Bad Boys	Director
1979	The Idol	Director, Writer, Producer
1979	The Harder They Fall	Director, Producer
1977	Heavy Equipment	Producer, Director
1977	Chatterbox!	Director
1977	Hot Truckin'	Director
1975	Catching Up	Director
1975	Good Hot Stuff	Director
1975	Aphrodisiacs in the Male Animal	Director
1975	Pool Party	Director
1974	Station to Station	Director, Writer
1974	Anything Goes	Director
1974	Duffy's Tavern	Director
1974	Games Without Rules	Director
1973	Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie	Director
1973	Chained!	Director
1973	Black Heat	Director, Writer
1973	Confessions of an Inmate	Director
1973	Sons of Satan	Director
1972	Prison Girls	Director
1972	Dust Unto Dust	Director
1972	Blue Movie Auditions	Director
1972	The Classified Caper	Director
1972	Dirty Books	Director
1971	Black and Blue	Director
1971	Gay Tarzan	Writer, Director
1971	Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana	Director, Writer
1971	Assault	Director
1971	Highway Hustler	Director
1971	Lust in the Afternoon	Director
1971	The Peeker	Director
1970	Inside A.M.G.	Director
1970	The Collection	Director
1968	Terror in the Jungle	Director
1965	The Game	Director, Writer
1956	Wooden Lullaby	Director

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