Chris Thomson

Birthday: January 1st, 1945 Date of Death: July 1st, 2015 Place of Birth: New Zealand

Chris Thomson (1945 - 1 July 2015) was a New Zealander director and producer.

While still in his 20s Chris Thomson was given command of a number of landmark New Zealand TV dramas, including genre-hopping colonial tale The Killing of Kane and The Alpha Plan (1969), Aotearoa’s first dramatic TV series. After time working for the BBC, he moved to Australia and began a busy career as a director, including credits on high profile mini-series 1915 and Waterfront.