Chris Thompson(1954-2023)

Producer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Production Department

Chris Thompson was born on 12 September 1954 in the UK. Chris was a producer and assistant director, known for Sahara (2005), Brazil (1985) and Time Bandits (1981). Chris died in March 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Known for

Sahara

6.1

Producer

2005

Brazil

7.8

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1985

John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, David Warner, Ian Muir, Ralph Richardson, and Peter Vaughan in Time Bandits (1981)

Time Bandits

6.9

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1981

Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)

Love Actually

7.5

Producer

2003

Credits

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Producer

The Power
6.7
TV Series
- producer
- 2023
Brave New World
7.0
TV Series
- co-executive producer
- 2020
Wild Bill
6.9
TV Mini Series
- producer
- 2019
The Terror
7.8
TV Series
- co-executive producer
- 2018
Emerald City
7.1
TV Series
- producer
- 2017
The Bastard Executioner
6.2
TV Series
- producer
- 2015
Strike Back
8.1
TV Series
- producer
- 2013–2015
Knifeman
5.4
TV Movie
- line producer
- 2014
The Fear
7.1
TV Mini Series
- line producer
- 2012
Titanic
6.1
TV Mini Series
- producer
- 2012
Eric & Ernie
8.0
TV Movie
- line producer
- 2011
Little Crackers
6.6
TV Series
- producer
- 2010
Blood: The Last Vampire
5.3
- line producer
- 2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
8.3
TV Series
- supervising line producer
- 2009
I Could Never Be Your Woman
5.9
- line producer
- 2007

Second Unit or Assistant Director

A World Apart
7.0
- second assistant director
- 1988
Pascali's Island
6.7
- second assistant director
- 1988
Bellman and True
6.7
- second assistant director
- 1987
Full Metal Jacket
8.2
- second assistant director (as Christopher Thompson)
- 1987
Shadey
4.7
- second assistant director
- 1985
Dreamchild
6.6
- second assistant director
- 1985
Brazil
7.8
- second assistant director
- 1985
A Private Function
6.5
- second assistant director
- 1984
Cal
6.5
- assistant director (as Christopher Thompson)
- 1984
Gorky Park
6.7
- third assistant director
- 1983
Made in Britain
7.2
TV Movie
- assistant director
- 1983
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
6.4
TV Movie
- second assistant director
- 1983
Flying Into the Wind
6.2
TV Movie
- second assistant director
- 1983
Birth of a Nation
7.0
TV Movie
- third assistant director
- 1983
Walter & June
7.2
TV Movie
- third assistant director
- 1983