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J. Lee Thompson

J. Lee Thompson

Highest Rated: 92% The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Lowest Rated: 0% Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Birthday: Aug 1, 1914

Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK

Multi-talented figure from the stage who landed his first screen role in 1935. A competent technician, Thompson made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to produce a considerable volume of British and American features, notably "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "Cape Fear" (1962). Thompson has also directed nine Charles Bronson vehicles.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
0% 35% Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Director - 1989
No Score Yet 24% Messenger of Death Director $2.2M 1988
25% 40% Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Director $4.7M 1987
8% 32% Firewalker Director $10.5M 1986
40% 44% Murphy's Law Director $9.1M 1986
8% 32% King Solomon's Mines Director $13.4M 1985
No Score Yet 33% The Ambassador Director - 1984
40% 39% The Evil That Men Do Director - 1984
40% 51% 10 to Midnight Director - 1983
29% 42% Happy Birthday to Me Director - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Red Director - 1981
No Score Yet 9% Caboblanco Director - 1980
No Score Yet 41% The Passage Director - 1979
0% 27% The Greek Tycoon Director - 1978
17% 51% The White Buffalo Director - 1977
33% 41% St. Ives Director - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Widow Director - 1976
33% 56% The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Director - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Knight Director - 1975
No Score Yet 28% Huckleberry Finn Director - 1974
36% 30% Battle for the Planet of the Apes Director - 1973
52% 46% Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Great American Tragedy Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brotherly Love Director - 1970
No Score Yet 33% Before Winter Comes Director - 1969
No Score Yet 30% The Chairman Director - 1969
20% 67% Mackenna's Gold Director - 1969
No Score Yet 56% Eye of the Devil Director - 1967
No Score Yet 73% Return From the Ashes Director - 1965
No Score Yet 18% John Goldfarb, Please Come Home Director,
Producer 		- 1965
18% 68% What a Way to Go! Director - 1964
No Score Yet 34% Kings of the Sun Director - 1963
No Score Yet 69% Taras Bulba Director - 1962
92% 86% Cape Fear Director - 1962
92% 86% The Guns of Navarone Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Aim at the Stars Director - 1960
78% 84% Tiger Bay Director - 1959
No Score Yet 68% Flame Over India Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Trees in the Street Director - 1959
No Score Yet 94% Ice Cold in Alex Director - 1958
79% 92% Woman in a Dressing Gown Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Companions Director,
Producer 		- 1957
No Score Yet 64% Yield to the Night Director - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet An Alligator Named Daisy Director - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet As Long as They're Happy Director - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Better, For Worse Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Yellow Balloon Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Weak and the Wicked Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder Without Crime Director,
Writer 		- 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Place for Jennifer Writer - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Them That Trespass Screenwriter - 1949