- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlexander Thomson
- Alex Thomson entered the film industry in 1946. He worked as regular camera operator to Nicolas Roeg in the 1960s before becoming a director of photography in 1968. His career suffered a hiatus in the mid 1970s when he was injured after falling off a camera rostrum on the set of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). He was nominated for an Oscar in 1982 for his cinematography on Excalibur
- IMDb mini biography by: Gary Couzens <gjcouzens@btinternet.com>
- SpouseDiana Golding(1963 - June 14, 2007) (his death, 1 child)
- Alex and Diana's daughter, Chyna Thomson, who worked for many years as her father's assistant, is married to the director Stephen Woolfenden.
- Was a member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). Served as President from 1980 to 1982.
- He was to have been cinematographer on David Lean's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo before Lean's death in April 1991 ended the project.
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