David M. Thompson

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

David M. Thompson

Charles Gray, Christopher Lee

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.

Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond

David M. Thompson

The second part of a BBC documentary on the latter half of the career of French director Jean Renoir.

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

David M. Thompson

Jean Renoir, Peter Bogdanovich

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film

David Thompson, David M. Thompson

An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and more.

A Canterbury Trail

David Thompson, David M. Thompson

BBC producer/director David Thompson follows a group of admirers of the film A Canterbury Tale (1944) on their annual location walk in 2005. As this was the year of the centenary of the birth of director Michael Powell the location walk included visits to a lot of the places around Canterbury where Powell grew up. The documentary includes interviews with walk organizers Paul Tritton and Steve Crook as well as with various other people there. Some of the scenes from the film are re-created with people on the walk reading out the lines from scenes filmed at those locations 60+ years ago.