J. Lee Thompson

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 01, 1914 (110 years old)
Death date
Aug 30, 2002

J. Lee Thompson

Known For

The Unforgettable Diana Dors
0h 25m
Movie 2000

The Unforgettable Diana Dors

Short documentary profiling the life of British 'Blonde Bombshell' Diana Dors, who died of cancer in 1984. Movie clips and TV footage are mixed with celebrity interviews, including rare appearances by actor Rod Steiger and veteran director J. Lee Thompson. There is some interesting location work at Dors' lavish Sunningdale mansion and plenty of long-unseen film clips, but the documentary ultimately glosses over her scandalous, and often seedy, life.

Behind the Planet of the Apes
2h 7m
Movie 1998

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.

Empire of the Censors
2h 0m
Movie 1995

Empire of the Censors

The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
0h 55m
Movie 1995

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his charm. A true sophisticate of deliberately mysterious origins, Yul Brynner was at home in a wide variety of languages and social environments.

Anthony Quinn: An Original
0h 59m
Movie 1990

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand jobs before acting in a Cecil B. DeMille film…

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

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