Directing
Tom DeSimone
EN cinema · 59 credits
Born
1 January 1939
Died
17 October 2026 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Lancer Brooks · L. Brooks · Thomas De Simone · Tom De Simone · Alex De'Simone · Thomas DeSimone
Tom DeSimone (1939 — October 17, 2026) was 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). Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, DeSimone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emerson College. He relocated to Los Angeles in the 1960s, and enrolled at the University of Southern California to earn a Master's 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, who would then hire him to direct his subsequent film, the 1981 cult slasher, Hell Night.
Known for
Filmography
Big Sur Gay Porn
as Self
The Green Girl
as Self
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Director, Writer
Reform School Girls
Director, Screenplay
Nightcrawler: A Leathersex Fantasy
Director, Writer
Bi-Bi Love
Director, Writer
Bi-Coastal
Director, Producer, Writer
Comming Distractions
Director, Editor
The Concrete Jungle
Director
Skin Deep
Presenter, Director
Hell Night
Director
Flesh and Fantasy
Writer, Director
Private Collection
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Wet Shorts
Presenter, Producer, Director
Gettin' Down
Producer
The Idol
Director, Writer, Producer
The Harder They Fall
Director, Producer
Bad, Bad Boys
Director
Inside Jennifer Welles
as Guy Hitting on Jennifer (uncredited)
Chatterbox!
Director, Story
Hot Truckin'
Director
Heavy Equipment
Director, Producer
Wanted: Billy the Kid
Camera Operator, Assistant Director
Catching Up
Director
Pool Party
Director
Ballet Down the High Way
Camera Operator, Assistant Director
Good Hot Stuff
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Anything Goes
Director
Station to Station
Director, Writer, Editor
Duffy's Tavern
Director
Games Without Rules
Director
Chained!
Director
Black Heat
Director, Editor, Writer
Sons of Satan
Director
Blue Movie Auditions
Director
Prison Girls
Director
The Classified Caper
Director
Dirty Books
Director
Dust Unto Dust
Director
Black and Blue
Director
Gay Tarzan
Director, Writer
Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana
Director, Writer
Assault
Director
Highway Hustler
Director
The Peeker
Director
The Collection
Director
Inside A.M.G.
Director
Terror in the Jungle
Director
The Game
Director, Writer, Editor
Wooden Lullaby
Director