Today is the birthday of J. Lee Thompson, a surprisingly little-known film director with an impressive filmography. Thompson died in 2002 at his home in Sooke BC, not far from my own home in Victoria #YYJ
📷 Ernst Haas, on the set of Taras Bulba, with Yul Brynner, 1961
📷 Ernst Haas, on the set of Taras Bulba, with Yul Brynner, 1961
J. Lee Thompson with his stars David Niven & Gregory Peck on the set of The Guns of Navarone, for which Thompson received an #Oscar nomination for Best Director.
📷 Franco Fedeli, 1961
📷 Franco Fedeli, 1961
J. Lee Thompson by Ernst Haas, on the set of Kings of the Sun, 1963
"Thompson was a member of the in-between generation, coming in on the slipstream of Lean & Powell, yet before the arrival of the new wave of Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz & Tony Richardson."
- Adrian Turner
"Thompson was a member of the in-between generation, coming in on the slipstream of Lean & Powell, yet before the arrival of the new wave of Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz & Tony Richardson."
- Adrian Turner
J. Lee Thompson's Hollywood masterpiece was Cape Fear, 1962.
A nice shot of Robert Mitchum, in one of his best performances. The still photographer on the set was the great Robert Willoughby. Oh, & the music is by Bernard Herrmann!
A nice shot of Robert Mitchum, in one of his best performances. The still photographer on the set was the great Robert Willoughby. Oh, & the music is by Bernard Herrmann!
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