J. Lee Thompson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Lee Thompson  (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002), better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Lee Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

69

Birth Date

1914-08-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Bristol, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The Guns of Navarone
• 

  Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• 

  Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• 

  Cape Fear
• 

  King Solomon's Mines
• 

  Mackenna's Gold

Credits

• actors (7 credits)

  • The Making of 'Cape Fear'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Unforgettable Diana Dors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Behind the Planet of the Apes

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Empire of the Censors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Anthony Quinn: An Original

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • All Eyes on Sharon Tate

    Self - Interviewee

    actor

    actors
    1966

• directing (48 credits)

  • Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Messenger of Death

    director

    directing
    1988
  • Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Firewalker

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Murphy's Law

    director

    directing
    1986
  • King Solomon's Mines

    director

    directing
    1985
  • The Ambassador

    director

    directing
    1985
  • The Evil That Men Do

    director

    directing
    1984
  • 10 to Midnight

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Happy Birthday to Me

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Caboblanco

    director

    directing
    1980
  • The Passage

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Greek Tycoon

    director

    directing
    1978
  • The White Buffalo

    director

    directing
    1977
  • St. Ives

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Widow

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Blue Knight

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Huckleberry Finn

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    director

    directing
    1973
  • A Great American Tragedy

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Brotherly Love

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Chairman

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Mackenna's Gold

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Before Winter Comes

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Eye of the Devil

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Return from the Ashes

    director

    directing
    1965
  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    director

    directing
    1965
  • What a Way to Go!

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Kings of the Sun

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Taras Bulba

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Cape Fear

    director

    directing
    1962
  • The Guns of Navarone

    director

    directing
    1961
  • I Aim at the Stars

    director

    directing
    1960
  • North West Frontier

    director

    directing
    1959
  • No Trees in the Street

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Tiger Bay

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Ice Cold in Alex

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Woman in a Dressing Gown

    director

    directing
    1957
  • The Good Companions

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Yield to the Night

    director

    directing
    1956
  • An Alligator Named Daisy

    director

    directing
    1955
  • As Long as They're Happy

    director

    directing
    1955
  • For Better, for Worse

    director

    directing
    1954
  • The Weak and the Wicked

    director

    directing
    1954
  • The Yellow Balloon

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Murder Without Crime

    director

    directing
    1950

• writing (9 credits)

  • Future Hunters

    screenplay

    writing
    1988
  • 10 to Midnight

    story

    writing
    1983
  • For Better, for Worse

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • The Weak and the Wicked

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • Murder Without Crime

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • No Place for Jennifer

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • For Them That Trespass

    screenplay

    writing
    1949
  • East of Piccadilly

    screenplay

    writing
    1941
  • The Middle Watch

    writer

    writing
    1940

• production (4 credits)

  • Return from the Ashes

    producer

    production
    1965
  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    producer

    production
    1965
  • Woman in a Dressing Gown

    producer

    production
    1957
  • The Good Companions

    producer

    production
    1957

• crew (1 credits)

  • Jamaica Inn

    dialogue coach

    crew
    1939