Biography

Born in Scotland, the son of a clergyman, Thomson attended schools in Dundee and Edinburgh before the family emigrated in 1955 to the United States. High School in Maine was followed by attendance at SMU in Dallas, where off-campus jobs as diverse as managing the local art-house cinema, the Fine Arts, hosting a classsical music show on KCPA-FM and taking whatever jobs were on offer in Dallas film and television studios set the pattern for a media career. Thomson spent the sixties sybaritically in London, the seventies in Paris and moved to Germany the beginning of the eighties. Cologne is home since 1992 and the locals have had get used to the sight of a gaunt six-footer resplendent in Scottish national dress. Son Nicholas, born in 1966, and daughter Jessica, born in 1988 claim that he manages wear the kilt without looking ridiculous. Not all agree!
- IMDb mini biography by: Malcolm Thomson

Before leaving Cologne, Thomson became increasingly fascinated by 'transmedia storytelling' forms and joined a German company developing interactive television technology. When this firm was bought by a concern based in Abu Dhabi he opted to become a 'Sandlander', only returning to Europe in 2010. Now once Making Munich his home Thomson is in his sixth year of active blogging, writing novels which seek publishers in vain, and preaching to anyone who will listen about DIYLBM... Do-It-Yourself low-budget Media.
- IMDb mini biography by: Malcolm Thomson