The Nun's Story (1959)

Film editor who entered American film with John Ford's MEN WITHOUT WOMEN at Fox Film Corp. in 1930. Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include WEE WILLIE WINKIE (1937), LITTLE MISS BROADWAY and THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (both 1938), YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939), LILLIAN RUSSELL and TIN PAN ALLEY (both 1940), MOON OVER MIAMI (1941), THIS ABOVE ALL (1942), CRASH DIVE (1943), JANE EYRE (1944), THE OTHER LOVE and THE GANGSTER (both 1947), PITFALL (1948), QUICKSAND (1950), THE NUN'S STORY (1959), THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (1962), BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964), KING RAT (1965), WALK DON'T RUN, MURDERERS' ROW and RAGE (all 1966), A FLEA IN HER EAR (1968), MAROONED (1969), THE BABY MAKER (1970), SKIN GAME and THE TODD KILLINGS (both 1971), FAT CITY and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN RIDE! (both 1972), THE PAPER CHASE (1973), MIXED COMPANY (1974), and his last film, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1975). Thompson worked as a production associate on several Cinerama short subjects, SAYONARA (1957) and THE SUNDOWNERS (1960). He was an associate producer for ROMANOFF AND JULIET (1961).  Nominated for Film Editing 1942: THIS ABOVE ALL  Nominated for Film Editing 1959: THE NUN'S STORY 2 nominations