Larry A. Thompson

Larry A. Thompson

Larry A. Thompson in 2012
Born Larry A. Thompson
August 1, 1944
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States
Residence Beverly Hills, California
Occupation Film producer, talent manager
Years active 1970–present
Spouse(s) Kelly Thompson
Website
http://www.larrythompsonorg.com/

Larry A. Thompson (born August 1, 1944)[1] is a Hollywood film producer, personal manager, book packager, lawyer, author, and motivational speaker.

Early life and career

Larry A. Thompson was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He is the son of Angelo and Anne (maiden name, Tuminello) Thompson.[1] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1968.[2]

Thompson started his entertainment-industry career as in-house counsel for Capitol Records. He was the youngest lawyer working for the label and negotiated separate contracts for each of the Beatles when the group broke up.[3] By the 1970s, he was a founding partner in the entertainment law firm of Thompson, Shankman, Bond and Moss. For five years, he packaged movie and television projects and represented the careers of many prominent actors and performers. He also orchestrated the $300-million-dollar merger of Harrah's and Holiday Inn.[4]

When the law partnership was dissolved, Thompson created the Larry A. Thompson Organization, a company devoted to film production and the personal management of talent.[4]

Thompson and fellow lawyers Harry E. Sloan and Larry Kuppin subsequently purchased New World Pictures from Roger Corman for $16.5 million[4] and immediately took the company public.[4] He sold his New World equity position in 1983,[4] and refocused his attention to independent film production and talent management. He received the Vision Award in 1993.[5][6]

Talent management

Thompson and his company have managed over 200 artists including William Shatner; Drew Barrymore; Cindy Crawford; Scott Hamilton; Jason Bateman; Joan Rivers; Shannen Doherty; Mariska Hargitay; Linda Evans; Cicely Tyson; Barry White; Tatum O'Neal; Donna Mills; Linda Blair; Bruce Boxleitner; Justine Bateman; Alan Thicke; Donna Dixon; William Devane; Richard Pryor; Tori Spelling; Robert Blake; Melissa Rivers; Merle Haggard; Iman; Steve Guttenberg; Sally Kellerman; Delta Burke; and Sonny & Cher.[4] As of 2014, Thompson manages William Shatner;[7]

Productions

Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story, which Thompson produced, aired on Lifetime Movie Network on August 17, 2008 and was the highest-rated two-hour movie in that network's 10-year history.[8] In 2009, the movie garnered six Imagen Awards nominations, of which it won two: one for Best Primetime Television Program and the other for Best Actor/Television – Hector Bustamante.[9] Thompson's movie Amish Grace, based on the true story of the 2006 Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, schoolhouse shooting, premiered on Lifetime Movie Network on March 28, 2010, and then became the highest-rated original movie on that network.[10]

Thompson produced on the Lifetime Television movie Liz & Dick starring Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler.[11] The movie chronicles the love story of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It was directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Christopher Monger. The movie was broadcast on Lifetime Television on November 28, 2012.[12] It drew an audience of 3.5 million people and has been nominated for two Emmys in hairstyling and makeup.[13]

Thompson produced William Shatner’s one-man show on Broadway, entitled Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It...[14] The production ran at The Music Box in New York from February 16 – March 4, 2012. The show toured North America and the December 8, 2012, performance was filmed for a broadcast release.[15]

In 2013, Thompson began developing a project about the life of Oprah Winfrey, based on Kitty Kelley's Oprah: A Biography.[16][17] In April of that year, Thompson optioned the screenplay Missing Mona Lisa, written by Mark Hudelson. The script is described as "a slightly romanticized telling of the fact-based story" of how Vincenzo Peruggia stole Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona Lisa, from the Louvre in 1913.[18]

He is also a book packager who has developed books with Joan Rivers, including a series of murder mystery novels titled The Red Carpet Murder Mysteries,'[19][20] as well as a motivational speaker.[4][21]

Personal life

As of early 2013, Thompson, his wife Kelly, their daughter Taylor, and son Trevor, live in Beverly Hills, California.[22]

Awards

Board affiliations

As of 2014, Thompson serves on the Advisory Boards of Paulist Productions,[34] The Delta Blues Museum and Good News Communications.[35]

Credits

TV-movies

Movies

Television series

Television specials and pilots

Books

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Larry A. Thompson Biography (1944–)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Notable Alumni". University of Mississippi. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Julie Sturgeon, "A Hard Day's Work", Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2001
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Larry Thompson – Speaker Profile". Keynotespeakers.com. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "RP International Vision Awards". Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Vision Awards Previous Honorees 2010". Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ "William Shatner, Joan Rivers Honor Talent Managers at Heller Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Taken in Broad Daylight Ranks as One of Lifetime Movie Network's Top-Rated Originals With Its Sunday, February 15, Premiere". AMediaVision Productions. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ "24th Annual Imagen Awards – Nominees & Winners". The Imagen Foundation/. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Lifetime Movie Network's "Amish Grace" Breaks Records With 4.02 Million Viewers". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ "A Different Magnitude of Star". New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  12. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/26/liz-dick-averages-3-5-million-total-viewers/158993/
  13. ↑ http://www.emmys.com/shows/liz-dick
  14. ↑ "A Shakespearean Who Soared to Space Keeps Enjoying the Long Trip Back". New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  15. ↑ "William Shatner's 'juices are stirring'". National Post. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  16. ↑ "'Liz & Dick' producer talks the risky business of hiring Lindsay Lohan". CNN. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Q&A: Producer Larry Thompson On 'Liz & Dick', Lindsay Lohan & Oprah". Deadline.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  18. ↑ "'Missing Mona Lisa' Spec Optioned By Larry A. Thompson Entertainment". Penske Media Corporation/Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  19. ↑ Murder at the Academy Awards®. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  20. ↑ Men Are Stupid And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman’s Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  21. ↑ Wertheimer, Ron (August 11, 2003). "Television Reviews; The Cautionary Tale of Young Women: Vulnerable and Unwise". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Biography: Larry A. Thompson". Larry A. Thompson Organization. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Emmys: The Complete Winners and Nominees List - The Wrap". Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  24. ↑ "And The Beat Goes On: The Sonny And Cher Story - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences". Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Lucy And Desi: Before The Laughter - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences". Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  26. ↑ "The Woman He Loved - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences". Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Daytime Emmy Awards 1978 (List of Award Winners and Nominees)". Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  28. ↑ "24th Annual Imagen Awards - Nominees & Winners". Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Vice-depiction Prism noms announced - Variety". Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Writers Guild Foundation Library Catalog". Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Browse Results - Golden Globe Awards Official Website". Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  32. ↑ "William Shatner, Joan Rivers Honor Talent Managers at Heller Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Joan Rivers Shows Soft Side at Heller Awards". Variety. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  34. ↑ "Paulist Productions About Us". Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  35. ↑ "Paulist Productions Newsletter". Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  36. ↑ "Mickey Spillane's Margin For Murder". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Timess. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  38. ↑ "Convicted". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Intimate Encounters". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  40. ↑ "The Woman He Loved". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Original Sin". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  42. ↑ "Class Cruise". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  43. ↑ "Little White Lies". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  44. ↑ "Lucy & Desi: Before The Laughter". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  45. ↑ "Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  46. ↑ "Separated by Murder". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  47. ↑ "Face of Evil". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  48. ↑ "Replacing Dad". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  49. ↑ "And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  50. ↑ "Murder in the Mirror". New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  51. ↑ "Quiet Cool (1986)". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  52. ↑ "My Demon Lover". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  53. ↑ "Jim Nabors Show". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  54. ↑ "Joan Severance – Actress". JoanSeverance.com. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  55. ↑ "Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers". Baseline Studio Systems via The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  56. ↑ "TV by the Numbers". Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  57. ↑ "lolflix.com". Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  58. ↑ "The Movie Network". Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  59. ↑ "Variety". Retrieved March 11, 2014.

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