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Name
  
Caroline Thompson

Role
  
Novelist


Spouse
  
Steve Nicolaides

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Born
  
April 23, 1956 (age 68) (
1956-04-23
)
Washington, D.C.

Occupation
  
screenwriter, director, producer

Books
  
First Born, The Addams Family, Buddy

Parents
  
Bettie Marshall, Thomas Carlton Thompson, Jr.

Movies
  
Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before C, Corpse Bride, Black Beauty, Snow White

Similar People
  
Tim Burton, Pamela Pettler, Mike Johnson, Michael McDowell, Henry Selick

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Caroline Thompson (born April 23, 1956) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer. She wrote the screenplays for Tim Burton's films Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Corpse Bride. She co-wrote the story for Edward Scissorhands and recently co-adapted a new stage version of the film with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne. Thompson also adapted the screenplay for the film version of Wicked Lovely, a bestselling fantasy series, in 2011, but the production was put into turnaround.

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Early life

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Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bettie Marshall (née Warner), a teacher, and Thomas Carlton Thompson, Jr., a lawyer. She received her early education in Washington. Thereafter she went to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and eventually graduating from Amherst College in English and classic literature in 1978.

Career

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Thompson moved to Los Angeles, supporting herself as a freelance book reviewer and writer. In 1983, she published a novel "First Born" which director Penelope Spheeris chose to make into a film, and from whom she started learning scriptwriting while writing the drafts of the film's screenplay. Though the movie was never made, the project gave her the impetus to find a new career as a screenwriter.

Her other works include Snow White: The Fairest of Them All for Hallmark, starring Miranda Richardson and Kristin Kreuk, The Secret Garden, Buddy, Black Beauty, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and The Addams Family.

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From the above, she directed Black Beauty (1994) as her directorial debut, followed by Snow White in 2001 for TV and Buddy. She was the producer for Snow White and the associate producer for The Secret Garden and Edward Scissorhands.

Her recent screenplay for Wicked Lovely, intended to be directed by Mary Harron, was in turnaround in 2011.

Thompson was recently presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2011 Austin Film Festival.

Filmography

  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  • The Addams Family (1991)
  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
  • The Secret Garden (1993)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  • Black Beauty (1994)
  • Buddy (1997)
  • Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (TV, 2001)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • City of Ember (2008)
  • Untitled Robert Zemeckis project (2018)
  • References

    Caroline Thompson Wikipedia


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