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John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002), better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood.
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Known For
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(1973)
Director
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
(1972)
Director
Firewalker
(1986)
Director
Mackenna's Gold
(1969)
Director
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Director
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Director
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Director
St. Ives
(1976)
Director
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
(1987)
Director
King Solomon's Mines
(1985)
Director
Happy Birthday to Me
(1981)
Director
10 to Midnight
(1983)
Director
Cape Fear
(1962)
Director
Tiger Bay
(1959)
Director
The Ambassador
(1985)
Director
Ice Cold in Alex
(1958)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Murder Without Crime
(1950)
Director
The Yellow Balloon
(1953)
Director
For Better, for Worse
(1954)
Director
The Weak and the Wicked
(1954)
Director
As Long as They're Happy
(1955)
Director
An Alligator Named Daisy
(1955)
Director
Yield to the Night
(1956)
Director
Woman in a Dressing Gown
(1957)
Director
The Good Companions
(1957)
Director
Ice Cold in Alex
(1958)
Director
Tiger Bay
(1959)
Director
North West Frontier
(1959)
Director
No Trees in the Street
(1959)
Director
I Aim at the Stars
(1960)
Director
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Director
Cape Fear
(1962)
Director
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Director
Kings of the Sun
(1963)
Director
What a Way to Go!
(1964)
Director
Return from the Ashes
(1965)
Director
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(1965)
Director
Eye of the Devil
(1966)
Director
Mackenna's Gold
(1969)
Director
The Chairman
(1969)
Director
Before Winter Comes
(1969)
Director
Brotherly Love
(1970)
Director
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
(1972)
Director
A Great American Tragedy
(1972)
Director
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(1973)
Director
Huckleberry Finn
(1974)
Director
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
(1975)
Director
The Blue Knight
(1975)
Director
St. Ives
(1976)
Director
Widow
(1976)
Director
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Director
The Greek Tycoon
(1978)
Director
The Passage
(1979)
Director
Cabo Blanco
(1980)
Director
Happy Birthday to Me
(1981)
Director
10 to Midnight
(1983)
Director
The Evil That Men Do
(1984)
Director
King Solomon's Mines
(1985)
Director
The Ambassador
(1985)
Director
Murphy's Law
(1986)
Director
Firewalker
(1986)
Director
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
(1987)
Director
Messenger of Death
(1988)
Director
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
(1989)
Director
Acting
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
(1966)
Self - Interviewee
Anthony Quinn: An Original
(1990)
Self
Empire of the Censors
(1995)
Self
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
(1995)
Self
Behind the Planet of the Apes
(1998)
Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
(2001)
Self
Crew
Writing
The Middle Watch
(1940)
Writer
East of Piccadilly
(1941)
Screenplay
For Them That Trespass
(1949)
Screenplay
Murder Without Crime
(1950)
Screenplay
No Place for Jennifer
(1950)
Writer
The Weak and the Wicked
(1954)
Writer
For Better, for Worse
(1954)
Screenplay
10 to Midnight
(1983)
Story
Future Hunters
(1986)
Screenplay
Production