Nationality Canadian Spouse Dorothy Thomas Role Film director | Name Ralph Thomas Years active 1977 – 1996 Education University of Toronto | |
Born September 8, 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-09-08 ) Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Occupation Film director
Screenwriter Nominations Genie Award for Outstanding Screenplay Movies Ticket to Heaven, The Terry Fox Story, Young Ivanhoe, Bride of Violence 2, Apprentice to Murder Similar People Eric Fryer, Nick Mancuso, Michael Zelniker, R H Thomson, Guy Boyd | ||
APPRENTICE TO MURDER (Ralph L. THOMAS, 1988) Chad LOWE & Mia SARA / French dubbing
Ralph L. Thomas (born September 8, 1939) is a Brazilian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter. He was born in São Luís, Maranhão to Canadian Baptist missionary parents and grew up there and in Canada. He attended the University of Toronto for two years and began to write for the entertainment pages of the Toronto Star in 1963.
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- APPRENTICE TO MURDER Ralph L THOMAS 1988 Chad LOWE Mia SARA French dubbing
- Selected filmography
- References
He is married to Vivienne Leebosh, film producer. He was earlier married to Dorothy Thomas, a Toronto City Councillor.
He directed his first film in 1977 for CBC Television, a made-for-TV movie called Tyler. He continued to make movies for television for a few years before he got his big break directing the feature film Ticket to Heaven. The film won Best Motion Picture at the Genie Awards and Thomas was nominated for Best Director.
His follow-up film, The Terry Fox Story, also won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. Thomas continued to direct feature and television films until 1996.