1. Personal life and education

2. Career

3. Filmography
    Films 

4. References

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Thompson is known for Love without Language (1993), Die Another Day (2004), Passion and Pain (2004) and Church Business (2006).^[3] After taking a break from filming,^[4] Thompson came back in 2012 to shoot his latest film In the Creek, a film which has been tagged Africa's most expensive export.^[5] The film talks about the pains of the Niger-Delta people in Nigeria. As a musician, he is the owner of El-Montage Records, a music record label.^[6]

Personal life and education

Thompson was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He hails from Bayelsa State,^[7] a state in the Niger-Delta region. Thompson acquired a bachelor's degree from the university of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt.^[8] He is married to Funto Diseye Thompson and has three children.

Career

Thompson began his career in 1993 in Love without Language. Thompson said of the movie that it was at a time when people only made films in the indigenous Nigerian language.^[9] Following the success of this film, there was an increase in the influx of people in the English-speaking movie industry. Thompson is credited for pioneering the Nollywood film industry.

To date, Thompson has several movies, both locally and internationally, including Power of Love (2002), Passion and Pain (2003), Church Business (2003), Die Another Day (2004), Above the Crown (2006) and In the Creek (soon to be released).^[10]

Filmography

Films

• In the creek (in production)
• Above the Crown (2006)
• Above the Crown 2 (2006)
• Abuja Top Ladies (2006)
• Abuja Top Ladies 2 (2006)
• Abuja Top Ladies 3 (2006)
• Taking Chances (2006)
• Taking Chances 2 (2006)
• The Grandmasters (2006)
• The Grandmasters 2 (2006)
• Baby Girl (2005)
• Baby Girl 2 (2005)
• Beyond Passion (2005)
• Beyond Passion 2 (2005)
• Squad Twenty-Three (2005)
• Squad Twenty-Three 2 (2005)
• Unexpected Mission (2005)
• Unexpected Mission 2 (2005)
• Betrayed by Love (2004)
• Deep Loss (2004)
• Deep Loss 2 (2004)
• Die Another Day (2004)
• Die Another Day 2 (2004)
• Executive Decision: The Last Option (2004)
• Miss Nigeria (2004)
• Miss Nigeria 2 (2004)
• More Than a Woman (2004)
• More Than a Woman 2 (2004)
• Never Die for Love (2004)
• Never Die for Love 2 (2004)
• Promise & Fail (2004)
• Promise & Fail 2 (2004)
• Silent for Life (2004)
• Silent for Life 2 (2004)
• Strength of a Woman (2004)
• Strength of a Woman 2 (2004)
• The Woman in Me (2004)
• The Woman in Me 2 (2004)
• Virgins Night Out (2004)
• Virgins Night Out 2 (2004)
• Aristos (2003)
• Aristos 2 (2003)
• Church Business (2003)
• Church Business 2 (2003)
• Emotional Tears (2003)
• Emotional Tears 2 (2003)
• Passion & Pain (2003)
• Love in Bondage (2002)
• Power of Love (2002)
• Power of Love 2 (2002)
• Runs! (2002)

References

• The Golds
• The Goldsboro News-Argus
• The Gold-spinners
• The Gold Watch
• The Goldwaters
• The Golem (1915 film)
• The Golem (1920 film)
• The Golem (1936 film)
• The Golem and the Dancing Girl
• The Golem: How He Came Into the World
• The Golem: How He Came into the World
• The Golem: It! (1966 film)
• The Golem of Prague
• The Golem's Eye
• The Golem: The Legend of Prague
• The Golf '92
• The Golf Champion Trophy
• The Golfer
• The Golf Specialist
• The goliad massacre
• The Goliath
• The Gollywhopper Games
• The Go Master
• The gomers
• The Gomers