J. Lee Thompson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 1, 1914
- Died
- August 30, 2002 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Bristol, England, UK
Biography
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Initially an exponent of social realism, he became known as a versatile and prolific director of thrillers, action, and adventure films. His works included mainstream critical and commercial successes like Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Tiger Bay (1959), North West Frontier (also 1959), The Guns of Navarone (1961), the original Cape Fear (1962), and Mackenna's Gold (1969). He also directed cult classics like the Planet of the Apes sequels, The White Buffalo (1977), Happy Birthday to Me (1981), King Solomon's Mines (1985) and several Charles Bronson vehicles for Cannon Films in the 1980s. Thompson received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for The Guns of Navarone. He was also a four-time BAFTA Award nominee (twice for Best Film and twice for Outstanding British Film). He also received accolades from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, and was both a Golden Globe and Directors Guild of America Award nominee. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Lee Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
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Messenger of Death
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
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Firewalker
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Murphy's Law
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King Solomon's Mines
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The Ambassador
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The Evil That Men Do
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10 to Midnight
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Happy Birthday to Me
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Caboblanco
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The Passage
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The Greek Tycoon
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The White Buffalo
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St. Ives
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Widow
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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
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The Blue Knight
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Huckleberry Finn
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
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A Great American Tragedy
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Brotherly Love
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Mackenna's Gold
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The Chairman
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Before Winter Comes
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Eye of the Devil
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Return from the Ashes
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
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What a Way to Go!
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Kings of the Sun
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Cape Fear
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Taras Bulba
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The Guns of Navarone
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I Aim at the Stars
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Tiger Bay
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North West Frontier
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No Trees in the Street
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Ice Cold in Alex
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Woman in a Dressing Gown
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The Good Companions
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Yield to the Night
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As Long As They're Happy
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An Alligator Named Daisy
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For Better, for Worse
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The Weak and the Wicked
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The Yellow Balloon
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Murder Without Crime
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