David M. Thompson
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The founding head of BBC films, David M. Thompson has executive produced some of the best British movies of his time. He started working for the BBC in 1978 as a film programmer and documentary maker, but his first big hit as a producer was the 1985 television film "Shadowlands," starring Claire Bloom. He continued to produce movies for television, then moved more confidently into execut...
Biography
The founding head of BBC films, David M. Thompson has executive produced some of the best British movies of his time. He started working for the BBC in 1978 as a film programmer and documentary maker, but his first big hit as a producer was the 1985 television film "Shadowlands," starring Claire Bloom. He continued to produce movies for television, then moved more confidently into executive producing for feature films. In 2000, Thompson executive produced the popular film "Billy Elliot," about a young boy who wants to become a ballet dancer, and he moved back to television for the acclaimed wartime movie "Conspiracy." For the big screen, Thompson executive produced "Iris," a biopic about writer Iris Murdoch with Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, and he also produced two key films with the daring Samantha Morton, "Morvern Callar" and "Code 46," a terrific romance co-starring Tim Robbins and directed by Michael Winterbottom. In 2007, he produced David Cronenberg's excellent "Eastern Promises," and in 2009 he executive produced the foul-mouthed comedy "In the Loop" and Jane Campion's delicate "Bright Star," proving that this is a man of real range and taste when it comes to picking films.
Filmography
Producer (Feature Film)
The Sense of an Ending
(2017)
Producer
The Woman In Gold
(2015)
Producer
X + Y
(2015)
Producer
Long Walk to Freedom
(2013)
Producer
The First Grader
(2011)
Producer
Edge of Darkness
(2010)
Executive Producer
The Cry of the Owl
(2010)
Executive Producer
Creation
(2010)
Executive Producer
The Boys Are Back
(2009)
Executive Producer
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(2009)
Executive Producer
Fish Tank
(2009)
Executive Producer
Bright Star
(2009)
Executive Producer
In the Loop
(2009)
Executive Producer
Meerkats
(2009)
Executive Producer
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
(2009)
Executive Producer
Nativity!
(2009)
Executive Producer
Death Defying Acts
(2008)
Executive Producer
The Edge of Love
(2008)
Executive Producer
The Duchess
(2008)
Executive Producer
The Other Boleyn Girl
(2008)
Executive Producer
Brideshead Revisited
(2008)
Executive Producer
Revolutionary Road
(2008)
Executive Producer
Four Last Songs
(2007)
Executive Producer
Eastern Promises
(2007)
Executive Producer
True North
(2006)
Executive Producer
Snow Cake
(2006)
Executive Producer
Imagine Me & You
(2006)
Executive Producer
Confetti
(2006)
Executive Producer
Red Road
(2006)
Executive Producer
Fast Food Nation
(2006)
Executive Producer
Opal Dreams
(2006)
Executive Producer
Life 'n' Lyrics
(2006)
Executive Producer
Scoop
(2006)
Executive Producer
The History Boys
(2006)
Executive Producer
Shot Through the Heart
(2005)
Executive Producer
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
(2005)
Executive Producer
Millions
(2005)
Executive Producer
Love + Hate
(2005)
Executive Producer
Beyond the Gates
(2005)
Executive Producer
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(2004)
Executive Producer
Red Dust
(2004)
Executive Producer
My Summer of Love
(2004)
Executive Producer
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(2004)
Executive Producer
Bullet Boy
(2004)
Executive Producer
Kiss of Life
(2003)
Executive Producer
The Mother
(2003)
Executive Producer
The Statement
(2003)
Executive Producer
Sylvia
(2003)
Executive Producer
Code 46
(2003)
Executive Producer
Masked & Anonymous
(2003)
Executive Producer
In This World
(2002)
Executive Producer
The Gathering Storm
(2002)
Producer
Lullaby of Clubland
(2002)
Producer
The Lonely War
(2002)
Producer
Dirty Pretty Things
(2002)
Executive Producer
The Heart of Me
(2002)
Executive Producer
I Capture the Castle
(2002)
Executive Producer
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
(2001)
Executive Producer
Iris
(2001)
Executive Producer
Morvern Callar
(2001)
Executive Producer
Strumpet
(2001)
Executive Producer
Conspiracy
(2001)
Executive Producer
Liam
(2000)
Executive Producer
Last Resort
(2000)
Executive Producer
When Brendan Met Trudy
(2000)
Executive Producer
About Adam
(2000)
Executive Producer
Bravo Two Zero
(2000)
Executive Producer
Love, Honour & Obey
(2000)
Executive Producer
Born Romantic
(2000)
Executive Producer
Billy Elliot
(2000)
Executive Producer
The Claim
(2000)
Executive Producer
Wonderland
(2000)
Executive Producer
Pandaemonium
(2000)
Executive Producer
An Education
(2000)
Executive Producer
Saltwater
(2000)
Executive Producer
Maybe Baby
(2000)
Executive Producer
Wild About Harry
(2000)
Executive Producer
Mansfield Park
(1999)
Executive Producer
A Room for Romeo Brass
(1999)
Executive Producer
The Last Yellow
(1999)
Executive Producer
The Theory of Flight
(1998)
Producer
The Stringer
(1998)
Executive Producer
Among Giants
(1998)
Co-Executive Producer
Titanic Town
(1998)
Executive Producer
Speak Like a Child
(1998)
Executive Producer
Divorcing Jack
(1998)
Executive Producer
Dead Letter Office
(1998)
Executive Producer (Bbc Films)
Hostile Waters
(1997)
Executive Producer
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
(1997)
Executive Producer
TwentyFourSeven
(1997)
Executive Producer
FACE
(1997)
Producer
The James Gang
(1997)
Executive Producer
Ruffian Hearts
(1995)
Executive Producer
Black Easter
(1995)
Executive Producer
The Affair
(1995)
Producer
Loved Up
(1995)
Executive Producer
Go Now
(1995)
Executive Producer
Captives
(1994)
Producer
The Advocate
(1994)
Producer
Safe
(1993)
Producer
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
(1992)
Producer
Sarafina!
(1992)
Producer
The Fever
(1991)
Producer
Wild Things
(1988)
Producer
The Vision
(1987)
Producer
New World
(1986)
Producer
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Match Point
(2005)
Head Of Production
Producer (Special)
Churchill At War
(2009)
Executive Producer
My Zinc Bed
(2008)
Executive Producer
My Zinc Bed
(2008)
Executive In Charge Of Production
A Number
(2008)
Executive Producer
Dirty War
(2004)
Executive Producer
Copland's America
(2001)
Segment Producer
Echoes From the White House
(2001)
Executive Producer
Madame Bovary
(2000)
Executive Producer
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
(2000)
Executive Producer
The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty
(1999)
Producer
A Rather English Marriage
(1999)
Executive Producer
The Prince of Hearts
(1998)
Executive Producer
The Woman in White
(1998)
Executive Producer
The Mill on the Floss
(1997)
Executive Producer
A Birthday Tribute to Julia Child -- Compliments to the Chef!
(1993)
Associate Producer
Asinamali
(1987)
Producer (Bbc)
Shadowlands
(1986)
Producer
Producer (TV Mini-Series)
Out of Control
(2002)
Executive Producer
When I Was 12
(2001)
Executive Producer
Nice Girl
(2000)
Executive Producer
Dream Baby
(1992)
Producer
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