Patricia Thompson (producer)
Patricia Thompson | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | August 14, 1947
Died | December 20, 2010 Paris, France | (aged 63)
Spouse | Jim Bittermann |
Patricia Thompson (August 14, 1947 – December 20, 2010) was a Paris-based American television producer and documentary filmmaker.
Biography
Thompson began her career at the NBC Chicago station WMAQ-TV in the 1970s.[1] She later moved to Paris in 1975 to work as a radio reporter and then became a senior producer for NBC News in Europe, covering the revolutions in Iran and the Philippines; the marriage and death of Diana, Princess of Wales; and the Soviet-American disarmament negotiations.[2]
She later created her own production company, producing programs and documentaries for American networks and cable channels, and covering news events such as the celebrations of the bicentennial of the French revolution.[3]
Her documentary The Cheese Nun, a profile of Sister Noella, a Benedictine nun who upon being made cheese-maker of her abbey in Connecticut, studied microbiology and crisscrossed France to study cheeses, was broadcast by PBS in the United States in 2006.[4]
Thompson won two
Education
She graduated from the
In addition to her career as a TV and film producer, she was a professor of Global Communications at the
References
- ^ Williams, Brian. "Remembering a family member". NBC Nightly News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Patricia Thompson, Emmy-Winning Documentary Filmmaker".
- ^ "Patricia Thompson | Documentary-maker, 63".
- ^ Blume, Mary (23 January 2004). "A master pursues the secrets of cheese". The New York Times.
- ^ Simons, Marlise (30 December 2010). "Patricia Thompson, producer". Boston.com.
- ^ Simons, Marlise. "Patricia Thompson, TV Producer and Documentary Maker, Dies at 63". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "American University in Paris Faculty page". Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.