David Thomson (film critic)
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David Thomson (born 1941 in London, UK) is a noted film critic in the United States and the author of the lauded New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
David Thomson was a teacher of film studies at Dartmouth College and is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Film Comment, Movieline, The New Republic, and Salon.com. As well, he has served on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival and wrote the script for the award-winning documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind.
David Thomson lives in San Francisco, California with his wife and their two sons. He is not to be confused with David Thompson, who is also a film critic.
Other books include:
- Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick
- Beneath Mulholland: Thoughts on Hollywood and Its Ghosts
- The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood
- Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles
External link
- [David Thomson author page] at the Random House
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