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Chris Thomson

Director · 1945–2015 · New Zealand

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Biography

Chris Thomson (1945 - 1 July 2015) was a New Zealander director and producer. While still in his 20s Chris Thomson was given command of a number of landmark New Zealand TV dramas, including genre-hopping colonial tale The Killing of Kane and The Alpha Plan (1969), Aotearoa’s first dramatic TV series. After time working for the BBC, he moved to Australia and began a busy career as a director, including credits on high profile mini-series 1915 and Waterfront.

Directed 22

1990s

  1. 1997

    Trucks

    Director

    41
  2. 1996

    The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story

    Director

  3. 1995

    Flipper

    Director

    58
  4. 1993

    The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?

    Director

  5. Woman on the Ledge

    Director

  6. Time Trax

    Director

    69
  7. 1991

    Stop at Nothing

    Director

  8. Police Rescue

    Director

    71

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Delinquents

    Director

  2. Swimsuit

    Director

  3. 1988

    The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

    Director

  4. Moving Target

    Director

  5. 1986

    The Challenge

    Director

  6. The Flying Doctors

    Director

    73
  7. 1985

    The Perfectionist

    Director

  8. The Empty Beach

    Director

  9. 1984

    The Last Bastion

    Director

  10. Waterfront

    Director

  11. 1983

    The Hitchhiker

    Director

    66
  12. 1981

    A Country Practice

    Director

    65

1970s

  1. 1976

    Old Man March Is Dead

    Director

  2. 1973

    Centre Play

    Director

Wrote 2

1970s

  1. 1977

    A Passage to Inverness

    Writer

  2. 1973

    Centre Play

    Writer

Produced 1

1970s

  1. 1971

    The City of No

    Producer

Created 1

1980s

  1. 1983

    The Coral Island

    Creator