video: [url]http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/filmmaker-tom-hooper/[/url]

[COLOR=#A6AEF9][COLOR=#d3d3d3][B]Filmmaker and director of [I]The King’s Speech[/I]—this year’s most Oscar-nominated movie, including best director and best picture—explains the role his mother played in bringing the story to him.

[/B][/COLOR][B][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#d3d3d3]British director Tom Hooper has a reputation as a compelling historical filmmaker. He won Emmys for the HBO serial [I]Elizabeth I[/I] and the net's miniseries [I]John Adams[/I] and made his feature debut with the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission drama [I]Red Dust[/I]. For his latest effort, [I]The King's Speech[/I], he's racked up numerous award noms, including an Oscar nod for best director. Hooper began making short films around age 12, featuring his mother and the family pet, and went on to study at Oxford, where he also directed plays and TV commercials.[/COLOR]