Barnaby Thompson

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Barnaby David Waterhouse Thompson (born March 29, 1961 in London-Chelsea ) is a British studio boss, film director and film producer .

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Thompson, whose parents worked for British radio, went to St Paul's School in London and studied theology and philosophy at the University of Oxford . From the mid-1980s he can be verified as a production assistant, but Thompson soon became self-employed and founded his own production company, World's End Productions, for which he wrote several documentaries such as A Sense Of Wonder , Singing For Your Supper , The Thin Blue Line and Kiss The Sky , a film about Jimi Hendrix , which he also directed. The latter production won the silver medal at the New York Film Festival. His short film Dear Rosie , which he produced , received both an Oscar nomination and a British Academy Film Award in 1991 .

Thompson temporarily moved to New York in 1990 and produced the very successful comedy Wayne's World for Paramount Pictures the following year . Thompson stayed in the US for a few years, producing several not-too-sophisticated comedies and films for a more youthful audience. Back in Great Britain, Thompson founded Fragile Films in 1996 with Uri Fruchtmann . Both first films, the Spice Girls flick Spiceworld - The Film , was a box office success, but received terrible criticism and even brought Thompson a nomination for the Anti-Preis Razzie Award in 1999 . In addition to comedies, Thompson also produced more ambitious materials such as the new Oscar Wilde films A perfect husband and being serious is everything .

At this point in time, 2001, Barnaby Thompson had already been appointed head of the Ealing film studios, which he had acquired with Fruchtman and two colleagues the previous year, and remained in charge of this famous English production facility until 2014. During these years Thompson continued as a film producer active and revitalized the film series about the St. Trinian's Boarding School, popular in the UK in the 1950s, with two films (2007 and 2009), which he also helped direct. Both strips were box office hits in the country of manufacture. After resigning from the head of Ealing in 2014, Thompson returned to Fragile Films and has been with the distribution company Fragile Film Distribution Ltd. since August 1, 2018. in front. Since 2016, the film producer has focused on making British Maigret films for television with Rowan Atkinson in the role of the French police commissioner.

Barnaby David Waterhouse Thompson has a son and a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

As a film producer:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dates of birth on ukwhoswho.com
  2. ↑ exact place of birth on findmypast.co.uk

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personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Barnaby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waterhouse Thompson, Barnaby David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British studio boss, film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelsea (London) , United Kingdom