
J. Lee Thompson
Birthday: 1 August 1914, Bristol, England, UK
Birth Name: John Lee Thompson
J. Lee Thompson was born on August 1, 1914 in Bristol, England as John Lee Thompson. He was a director and writer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) and C ...Show More

The knack of choosing his scripts wisely is one of the greatest assets a director can have - knowing Show more
The knack of choosing his scripts wisely is one of the greatest assets a director can have - knowing what to discard, what to refuse. I've learned by experience that it's fatal to accept a poor script because it contains one or two good scenes which you long to shoot. Hide
J. Lee Thompson's FILMOGRAPHY
as Director (14)
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