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Chris Thomson(1945-2015)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Chris Thomson was born in 1945 in New Zealand. He was a director and producer, known for The Hitchhiker (1983), The Challenge (1986) and Centre Play (1973). He died on 1 July 2015 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Born1945
DiedJuly 1, 2015
Born1945
DiedJuly 1, 2015
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Page Fletcher in The Hitchhiker (1983)
The Hitchhiker
6.7
TV Series
  • Director
The Challenge (1986)
The Challenge
7.8
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Centre Play (1973)
Centre Play
6.7
TV Series
  • Director
Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond, Grant Dodwell, Shane Porteous, Syd Heylen, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel, and Shane Withington in A Country Practice (1981)
A Country Practice
6.8
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Matt Carmody, Jared Daperis, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Drew Powell in Ponderosa (2001)
    Ponderosa
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Meteorites! (1998)
    Meteorites!
    3.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Nadine Garner in Raw FM (1997)
    Raw FM
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Trucks (1997)
    Trucks
    3.9
    TV Movie
    • directed by
    • 1997
  • Bob Baines, Andrew Clarke, and Wendy Hughes in State Coroner (1997)
    State Coroner
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • John Corbett and Jonathan Scarfe in The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story (1996)
    The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1996
  • John Bach, Marcus Eyre, Angie Milliken, Robert Taylor, and Brian Vriends in The Feds (1993)
    The Feds
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Jessica Alba, Colleen Flynn, Payton Haas, and Brian Wimmer in Flipper (1995)
    Flipper
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Philip Casnoff and Karen Sillas in Under Suspicion (1994)
    Under Suspicion
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Time Trax (1993)
    Time Trax
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993–1994
  • The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993)
    The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Police Rescue (1989)
    Police Rescue
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Woman on the Ledge (1993)
    Woman on the Ledge
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1993
  • The Flying Doctors (1986)
    The Flying Doctors
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Stop at Nothing (1991)
    Stop at Nothing
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991

Producer

  • Murray Riverland Adventure (2015)
    Murray Riverland Adventure
    Video
    • commercial producer
    • 2015
  • Man of Letters (1984)
    Man of Letters
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1984
  • The Patchwork Hero
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1981
  • Spring & Fall (1980)
    Spring & Fall
    4.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1980
  • The City of No
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1971
  • The Killing of Kane
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1971
  • Green Gin Sunset
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1969
  • The Alpha Plan
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1969

Writer

  • Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond, Grant Dodwell, Shane Porteous, Syd Heylen, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel, and Shane Withington in A Country Practice (1981)
    A Country Practice
    6.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1982–1983
  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • by
    • written by
    • 1976–1977

Personal details

  • Official site
    • NZOnScreen.com - Director Overview & Biography
  • Born
    • 1945
    • New Zealand
  • Died
    • July 1, 2015
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia(stroke)

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