Philip Thompson(XXII)

From the craggy moors of Britain's Blackstone Edge comes Philip Thompson of BSEFilms. Philip began singing as a young Lancashire lad for sixpence in seedy pubs in the North of England. Shared a dressing room with the Beatles at the Queen's Theatre Blackpool. Joined Her Majesty's Forces at 15 as Regimental Bugler in the Loyal Regiment. Went down to London. Photo-assisted Lord Snowdon. Worked in Ad Biz in Johannesburg, South Africa. Stowed away on a freighter from Cape Town to Southampton. Became a camera man for Swedish, Danish, ZDF and BBC prior to becoming a documentary filmmaker. Got a rubber bullet up his bum while filming stone throwers in Belfast. Was the only Englishman to escape from East Berlin. Won the 1973 Chicago Film Festival for "A Place Called Ardoyne," recently digitized by BFI. Created the most publicized exhibition at the Tate in London. Produced a documentary for BBC Channel 4 on LS Lowry. Produced one of the most influential documentaries in the late 1970s, "Tolmers, Beginning or End?" which was shown on the BBC. He worked for many TV stations in UK and Europe before moving to New York. As an immigrant there, he painted the apartments of: Meryl Streep, Henry Kissinger, George Soros, and Donald J. Trump. Moved to Hollywood. Developed situation comedies, and feature films with WGAw writer Donna Pizzi, including "Black Swan," optioned by Gary Goldstein, Producer of "Pretty Woman," and many other "Hot" projects.

Moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1995, where he produced films for some of the largest companies in America. Traveled the U.S., Canada & Italy, photographing everything from mansions to mobile homes to Jeeps in Alaska as one of the most prolific and diversely published photo/writer/stylist shelter magazine teams in America with over 5,000 articles and 241+ national magazine covers. Co-owns a boutique ad agency with Donna Pizzi: "Blackstone Edge Studios." Has 7 million + YouTube hits with BSE videos, produces a music video, "Ardoyne," for which he wrote the lyrics and sings that wins 6 International Film Festival Awards, is an official selection at 50 others, and tours Embassies around the world for Human Rights. Created filmfestfinder in 2017. As co-owner of BSEFilms, he has sold programming to: BBC, BFI, ZDF, ABC, CBS, DR1, NPO1, BBC2, Discovery. Developing numerous projects in 2020, including a reality and dramatic series for streaming networks.